Casa bifamiliare in Via Primo Maggio 8
Nel verde e nella tranquillità della frazione di Casanova, nel comune di Sant'Olcese, proponiamo in vendita una casa semindipendente di 60 mq disposta su due livelli, ideale per chi cerca una vita nella natura restando comunque a pochi minuti di macchina dal centro di Manesseno e da tutti i suoi servizi. L'immobile si apre al piano terra con una prima...
What it really costs
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At €733/m², the asking price is already 49% above the Emilia-Romagna townhouse baseline of €492/m²; assuming standard renovation needs, effective cost rises to about €1,467/m². Condition and key property details are missing, and the facts place it in Piacenza while the description refers to Sant'Olcese.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, usable small home rather than a ruin, with a working kitchen, bathroom, several sleeping areas, and a substantial green garden. Its appeal is the peaceful rural setting and outdoor growing space, but the interiors are plain and dated, while the access and overall presentation feel basic rather than dream-home beautiful.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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.
- Interiors are functional but dated and sparsely furnished.
- The home is reached via a steep external staircase and appears tightly surrounded by neighboring structures.
- The garden is productive but informal and somewhat overgrown.
- No dramatic view or notable historic architectural features are shown.
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 38/100The area is on the Po plain near the Po and Trebbia rivers, with flat farmland, levees, irrigation channels and scattered hamlets. Piacenza is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre, services and rail connections. This stretch of the province is known for agriculture and for the Via Francigena crossing toward the Po.