Casa indipendente in Via Giuseppe Mazzini
Cerchi una casa del tutto indipendente, con un bel giardino privato ma al tempo stesso semplice e pratica da gestire? Questa proposta nel centro di Torre de' Picenardi rappresenta la soluzione ideale per chi desidera ambienti comodi senza la fatica di dover mantenere superfici eccessive. La proprietà si trova in una posizione centralissima, a pochissimi passi da tutti i...
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At €383/m², the €46,000 asking price is 19% below the Lombardia country-house baseline of €475/m², with a central location, private garden, parking and 21 photos. Condition is unspecified; assuming habitable status adds about €24,000 (€200/m²), making the effective cost roughly €583/m², so this is a promising but not exceptional deal pending inspection.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, spacious and seemingly move-in-ready Italian home with multiple bedrooms, two bathrooms, a working kitchen, heating, and attractive vintage patterned floors. Its traditional furnishings and lived-in character add charm, but the house is visually plain and dated, with no standout view, dramatic setting, or photogenic garden shown.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €13,000
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 fully usable but distinctly dated, especially the kitchen, bathroom, fixtures, and furnishings.
- The exterior courtyard is practical rather than especially scenic, and no notable view is shown.
- The advertised garden is not clearly visible in the photo gallery.
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 33/100This is the flat lower Po plain between the Oglio and Po river systems, with arable land, drainage channels and dispersed farmsteads as the dominant landscape. The Oglio runs to the east of the area and the Po is to the south, but around Torre de' Picenardi the setting is mainly cultivated plain rather than a riverfront landscape. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of some size, with services and a working historic centre on the Po. Cremona is the nearest provincial capital in daily reach, with a larger service base and its cathedral square. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the wider Cremonese plain of dairy farming and cured-meat production.