Casa indipendente
Cassano d'Adda - Cascina Cassola, immersi nel verde e nella tranquillità della campagna, proponiamo in vendita due rustici adiacenti che offrono varie opportunità di sviluppo per realizzare una o più unità. Ideale come investimento anche per la comodità della stazione dei treni a pochi minuti. Per maggiori informazioni e visite contattateci.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €45,000 price is €409/m², but the two rustici are described only as development opportunities with no stated habitability or condition. Assuming €1,100/m² renovation, effective cost is about €1,509/m² (€166,000 total), far above the €475/m² Lombardia baseline.
More on the house and the area
The property has authentic Lombardy farmstead character, including old brickwork, timber beams, traditional shutters, and some original tiled floors. However, the photos show mostly unfinished agricultural spaces with poor finishes and no convincing living accommodation, making this a major conversion project rather than a beautiful cheap home ready to inhabit.
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€44,000 – €64,000
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.
- This appears to be a substantial renovation project rather than a move-in home, with raw agricultural interiors, deteriorated plaster, and visible cracking.
- No finished kitchen or clearly usable bathroom is shown; utilities and habitability are uncertain.
- Roof structures are present but old, and parts of the interiors have exposed masonry, damp-looking surfaces, and poultry/storage use.
- The listing describes adjacent rustici with development potential, so conversion and legal costs should be investigated carefully.
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 47/100The area lies in the lower Adda valley on flat farmland crossed by the Adda river and its canals. The Adda Sud Regional Park is nearby along the river corridor. Treviglio is the nearest larger town, with a station, services and a substantial town centre. Bergamo and the first Prealpine ridges are farther north, but outside the immediate landscape. This part of the Bergamo plain is known for irrigated agriculture and historic hydraulic works linked to the Adda.