Casa indipendente
Bondeno Centro - Eccellente posizione a pochi passi dalla piazza principale del paese, Palazzo padronale terra-cielo di oltre mq. 300 su 3 piani da ristrutturare, con giardino esclusivo di mq. 150 ca. e ampio garage e posti auto scoperti, dotato di ampi vani di servizio, cantine, bassocomodi, terrazzo, tutto completamente indipendente con possibilità di ricavare vari appartamenti e con la...
What it really costs
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The €69,000 price is attractive at €230/m² versus the €412/m² Emilia-Romagna baseline, but renovation at roughly €700/m² puts the effective cost near €930/m², well above the baseline. Central Bondeno location, garden, garage and conversion potential help, but the missing condition data adds uncertainty.
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A substantial historic town palace with an appealing old entrance, ornate staircase, fireplace, tiled floors and generous room proportions. It is a real, furnished and apparently usable home rather than a shell, but the faded facade and interior repairs mean this is a serious renovation project rather than a move-in-ready bargain.
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€59,000 – €105,000
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.
- Advertised as requiring renovation, with peeling exterior plaster and visible interior wall damage.
- At 300 sqm over three floors, refurbishment, heating and upkeep could be substantial.
- No notable landscape or sea view is shown; the home is in a town-center street.
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 38/100The Po runs just north of Bondeno and the Panaro meets it in this stretch, so the setting is the lower Po plain of embankments, reclaimed farmland, canals and scattered hamlets. Ferrara is the nearest city of size, with a complete Renaissance centre and UNESCO status. The area is known for broad alluvial agriculture and river engineering rather than for a singular natural landmark.