Casa indipendente 10 locali, 286 m² in Via Corte Guazzona 5,
Casa indipendente in asta a San Giovanni in Croce (CR) – Via Corte Guazzona 5 (CAP 26037) L'immobile è situato nel Comune di San Giovanni in Croce (CR), in via Corte Guazzona n. 5, in una zona prevalentemente residenziale formatasi presumibilmente all'inizio del secolo scorso. L'edificio, di tipo unifamiliare, è…
What it really costs
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction with a €53,250 minimum offer, so it is vetoed regardless of the apparent €186/m² discount versus the €416/m² baseline. The 286 m², 1850-built property has only basic heating and a merely discrete maintenance condition, suggesting substantial renovation risk.
More on the house and the area
A substantial 19th-century village villa with generous rooms, traditional floors, high ceilings, outbuildings, garage and a private courtyard/garden. The photos show a roofed, furnished and functioning home rather than a shell, although it is dark, dated and not presented as move-in polished. At the €53,250 minimum offer, the size and historic character create a strong bargain effect.
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€57,000 – €100,000
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.
- Auction purchase with legal, title and condition checks still required.
- The 286 sqm home appears usable but dated, with cosmetic and likely systems work to personalize it.
- Heating is by wood-burning stoves rather than a modern central system.
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 34/100This is flat Po Valley countryside between the Oglio and Po river systems, with fields, drainage canals and scattered farmsteads as the dominant landscape. The nearest town of size is Casalmaggiore, which has a full set of everyday services and a historic centre on the Po. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the network of small rural settlements of the lower Cremonese plain.