Rustico/casale in Via Trento
In zona tranquilla e riservata del Comune di Caravaggio, proponiamo in vendita caratteristico rustico cielo-terra sviluppato su due livelli, attualmente usato come box e cantina. Ideale per chi cerca una soluzione da personalizzare. La metratura offre ampi margini di redistribuzione degli spazi interni. Il tetto è stato rifatto a nuovo nell'ultimo periodo. Ideale per sfruttare le detrazioni...
What it really costs
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At €50,000 (€194/m²), the 258 m² property is currently used only as a garage and cellar and requires substantial conversion; with estimated renovation at €900/m², effective cost is about €1,094/m² versus the €380/m² Lombardia farmhouse baseline. The new roof helps, but legal residential conversion, condition and utilities are unconfirmed.
More on the house and the area
The property has appealing old farmhouse character, especially its brick-framed windows, timber structure, and distinctive brick ventilation façade. However, the photos show a raw, non-livable garage-and-cellar building rather than a usable home, so this is primarily a substantial conversion project.
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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€51,000 – €90,000
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.
- Currently used as a garage and cellar rather than a dwelling.
- Interior is unfinished and cluttered, with no visible kitchen or finished living spaces.
- Substantial conversion and renovation work will be needed despite the recently renewed roof.
- Directly fronts a residential street, with no visible garden or private outdoor area.
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 42/100This is the flat agricultural plain between Bergamo, Treviglio and Crema, in the Bassa Bergamasca. The Serio river runs a few kilometres east of Caravaggio, and the Adda river is within about 15 km to the west near Cassano d'Adda. Caravaggio is known for the Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Fonte, a major pilgrimage church on the plain. Treviglio, the nearest larger town, has rail links, shops and services. Bergamo and Milan are reachable for work and transport, but they sit outside the immediate landscape.