Villetta a schiera in Via Alessandro Manzoni
VILLETTA SU TRE LATI CON GIARDINO PRIVATO E BOX DOPPIO Proponiamo in vendita villetta libera su tre lati, con giardino privato e ottime possibilità di personalizzazione. L’immobile viene proposto sia nello stato attuale sia con la possibilità di valutare interventi di ristrutturazione e riqualificazione per…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €98,000 (€612/m²), the asking price is already 51% above the Lombardia townhouse baseline of €406/m²; assuming €700/m² for the described renovation, effective cost rises to about €1,312/m². The missing condition details and stated need for modernization weaken the deal despite the garden and double garage.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial three-sided townhouse with a private garden, balcony, and seemingly sound roof, giving it the bones of a real family home. However, the dated and heavily cluttered interiors show significant renovation needs, including visibly unfinished bathroom work and damp or damaged surfaces. Its practical size and garden create potential, but the photos do not offer a distinctive Italian setting or strong visual charm.
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€32,000 – €56,000
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 require substantial renovation, including damp/stained ceilings, unfinished bathroom work, worn finishes, and likely system upgrades.
- The home is in a plain residential street with no notable landscape view or historic character visible.
- Garden is private but modest and currently overgrown; garage and parking are mentioned but not shown clearly.
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 42/100The area is the lower Adda plain between the Adda and Serio river systems, with flat agricultural land, irrigation canals and scattered farmsteads. The Adda River runs a few kilometres west of Formigara, with riparian woodland and embanked riverside stretches around places such as Pizzighettone and Crotta d’Adda. Pizzighettone is the nearest small town of note and has preserved walled stretches and a historic centre on the Adda. Cremona is the nearest city of size, with full services and a substantial historic centre.