Casa indipendente in Via Roma 18
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What it really costs
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At €45,000 (€180/m²), the €250/m² renovation estimate brings the effective cost to roughly €880/m², well above the Lombardia country-house baseline of €475/m². The first-floor apartment is usable in principle, but the large laboratory requires renovation and its conversion status is not fully documented.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, authentic village house with old shutters, traditional furnishings, terrazzo floors, and genuine historic character. One apartment appears habitable, but the property is not a polished dream home: much of the lower level and outbuildings are renovation projects, and there is no standout view or exceptional setting.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€50,000 – €88,000
Wiring, water and sanitary work of any kind, heating, air conditioning and gas go to a registered firm by law, and so do flues and the air openings for gas appliances. That labour stays in the bill. Yours is the stripping out, plaster, paint, floors, tiling and carpentry.
Labour is 61% of a renovation price on average and 67% at the median, across 191 items of the Emilia-Romagna 2025 public price list. Materials are the rest. An averaged price list, not a quote.
Materials you buy yourself carry 22% VAT; supplied by the firm doing the work they go at the 10% renovation rate. On a €30,000 materials bill that is €3,600 of extra tax.
Household wiring installed before 13 March 1990 counts as compliant if it has a main breaker with overcurrent protection, protection against direct contact and a 30 mA RCD. Having a firm bring the existing wiring up to that and certify it is the cheapest lawful route.
- The upper-floor apartment appears usable but very dated, with only one bathroom and a basic kitchen.
- The ground-floor workshop and adjoining rustic outbuildings need substantial renovation.
- Exterior plaster, roof edges, courtyard areas, and some walls show significant age and maintenance needs.
Estimate from the listing and its photos, not a survey. Treat it as the starting point for your own quotes. An Italian builder's quote is normally written without VAT and without design fees, so add about a quarter to any figure a firm gives you.
The area around
Location score 35/100The cluster sits in the Lomellina sector of the Pianura Padana (Po Valley): flat, low-lying agricultural plain with a network of irrigation canals and ditches. Within about 15 km the landscape is dominated by rice paddies, cereal fields, scattered farmsteads and small villages. There are no mountains, no named lakes or coastal shorelines inside the 15 km radius. The area contains no national or regional parks and no ski lifts within 15 km. Nearest town of size is Mortara (roughly 8–12 km), which supplies shops, basic services, a weekly market and a regional railway station; larger centres (Pavia, Milan) lie beyond the 15 km radius. The local economy and land use are agricultural, notably rice cultivation and associated irrigation infrastructure.