Rustico/casale
A Vigoreto di Sabbioneta, in una posizione interessante e con un importante potenziale, proponiamo in vendita una grande abitazione completamente da ristrutturare, con cortile privato. Qui non compri semplicemente una casa: compri la possibilità di crearla esattamente come la vuoi. L'immobile si sviluppa su due piani…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €65,000 asking price looks low at €108/m², but the 600 m² farmhouse is completely to renovate: estimated all-in cost is about €725,000, or €1,208/m², versus roughly €380/m² for comparable local stock. Sabbioneta adds some location appeal, but the scale and renovation burden make this a weak deal without a detailed feasibility and cost plan.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial historic Lombard farmhouse with old terracotta roofs, exposed brick, arched openings, a private courtyard, and surrounding green landscape. However, it is explicitly completely to renovate and appears uninhabitable as photographed, so the appeal is primarily as a large restoration project rather than a home someone could realistically move into soon.
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€238,000 – €351,000
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.
- Completely to renovate; the photos show a raw agricultural/farmhouse structure rather than a habitable home.
- Roof tiles and masonry appear aged, with extensive peeling plaster and exposed brickwork; structural and roof assessments are essential.
- No usable interior spaces, kitchen, or bathrooms are shown despite the proposed floor-plan concepts.
- Large 600 sqm property and private courtyard offer strong potential, but renovation costs could greatly exceed the €65,000 purchase price.
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 lower Po plain between the Oglio and Po river systems, with flat farmland, drainage canals and scattered hamlets. The Po runs nearby to the south and the Oglio is not far to the east, shaping the area more as reclaimed agricultural plain than as a distinct river landscape. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of size and has everyday services, a hospital and a bridge crossing of the Po. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the wider Cremonese-Mantovano plain rather than for a named scenic site within the immediate surroundings.