Casa bifamiliare in Via San Carlo 103
AD AMBROGIO DI COPPARO. VI PRESENTO QUESTA VILLETTINA BIFAMILIARE CON CORTE DI PROPRIETA' ESCLUSIVA, GARAGE E CANTINETTA. L'abitazione è composta AL PIANO TERRA da: Ingresso cucinotto pranzo soggiorno/utilizzabile anche come camera da letto matrimoniale bagno con doccia AL PRIMO PIANO: 2 camere da letto (una da 15 mq e…
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The asking price is €44,000 (€440/m²), modestly below the local €500/m² benchmark, with a garage, cellar and private courtyard. However, the house is energy class G, has older wooden windows and a first floor that appears dated, so an estimated €500/m² in updating brings the effective cost well above the benchmark.
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This is a genuine, fully furnished family home with a private courtyard, garage and cellar rather than a renovation shell. The rooms are clean and usable, with pleasant vintage furnishings and a practical layout, but the property is visually ordinary and dated, without historic character or a notable view.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €20,000
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 and fittings are quite dated, especially the kitchen, bathrooms, floors and furnishings.
- Energy class G suggests potentially high heating costs and likely future efficiency upgrades.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a four-bedroom layout.
- The private courtyard is useful but modest and lacks a particularly scenic setting or view.
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 43/100This is the lower Po plain, with flat agricultural land and drainage canals around the branches of the Po; the Po di Volano and the Po di Goro are the named waterways in the wider delta area nearby. The Po Delta Regional Park extends into this part of Ferrara province, with wetlands and reclaimed farmland east of Copparo. Ferrara is the nearest city of size, with a large historic centre and UNESCO status as the city of the Este and for its relationship with the Po delta. The area is known for reclaimed lowland agriculture and delta wetlands rather than for relief.