Casa indipendente con 3 camere matrimoniali, giardino privato e locali accessori
Se state cercando indipendenza, tranquillità e ampi spazi per tutta la famiglia, questa soluzione a Scandolara Ravara è l'ideale! L'immobile si trova all'interno di una piccola e riservata corte di sole due abitazioni, garantendo la massima privacy. La casa è libera su tre lati e vanta un cortile d'ingresso, un…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Kitchen
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Large 191 m2 house listed at €40,000 but needs substantial works (~€700/m2 → ~€134k), so effective cost ≈€174k or about €910/m2 versus the Lombardy median of €409/m2, making it a weak value as a renovation project. Listing has 19 photos and a private garden, but the high renovation burden drives the low score.
More on the house and the area
Solid, characterful townhouse with exposed timber-beamed ceilings and a private walled garden — good bones and generous rooms. The property is habitable in its current form but needs a full cosmetic and systems overhaul to become a comfortable family home; at €40k for 191 m² it represents strong value.
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€38,000 – €67,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Requires renovation of finishes and systems (bathroom, kitchen, likely heating/insulation).
- Peeling plaster and some moisture/damage visible in places.
- Only one bathroom; layout may need rework for modern family living.
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 36/100This is the lower Po plain near the Po River, with flat farmland, embankments, irrigation channels and scattered villages. The Po is the main landscape feature in the area. Casalmaggiore is the nearest town of size, with services and a historic centre on the Po. Cremona is farther away and matters more for work and higher-level services than for the immediate landscape. The area is known for intensive agriculture and for the river plain between Lombardy and Emilia.