Casa indipendente in Via Giuseppe Mazzini 60
Comune di LANGOSCO In centro paese proponiamo abitazione da ristrutturare su due piani con cantina e legnaia. completamente da Ristrutturare. Rif. A/020 Prezzo euro 7.000.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €7,000 asking price is only €74/m², but the house is explicitly completely to renovate: estimated renovation raises the effective cost to about €1,174/m² (€111,500 total), versus a Lombardia baseline of €475/m². The central village location helps slightly, but the required works erase the apparent bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a very cheap old village house with traditional shutters, exposed masonry and a potentially appealing historic shell. However, the photos show a heavily deteriorated property requiring a full renovation, not a realistically livable home today.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€38,000 – €56,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated, with no usable interior spaces shown.
- Exterior plaster is severely deteriorated and the roof appears weathered; structural condition needs checking.
- No clear evidence of functioning utilities, kitchen, or bathroom despite the cadastral plan listing one bathroom.
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 38/100This is flat rice-growing country on the Lomellina plain between the Sesia and Po river systems, with a landscape of fields, irrigation canals, farmsteads and small villages. Mortara is the nearest larger town in the area, with rail links and everyday services. Vigevano, with a substantial historic centre centred on Piazza Ducale and the Sforza Castle complex, is the nearest town of real size within easy reach but outside the immediate 15 km landscape. The area is known for rice cultivation and water-managed agriculture.