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Rustico indipendente

Parma, Emilia Romagna
Bedrooms
0
Baths
1
75
Price per m²
€1,307
Property type
Farmhouse
Rooms
2 locali

Piccolo rustico indipendente con area verde di circa 200 mq, a due passi dal centro città in zona riservata. L'altezza permette di trasformare li fabbricato, previo cambio di destinazione d'uso, in loft o piccola villetta su due livelli con zona giorno con ampie vetrate al piano terra e camera e bagno al piano primo. Possibilità di autorimessa. Classe Energetica: Non soggetto

What it really costs

Can you move in?

Not before the basics are done

In the listingNeeds renovation

Must be done first

  • Wiring
  • Plumbing
  • Heating
  • Bathroom
  • Kitchen
  • Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Why this price is what it is

I estimate €700/m² (≈€52,500 total) in renovation, so effective price ≈€150,500 or ≈€2,007/m² vs the local median €290/m², making this expensive for the market. The ad says a change of destination of use is required to make it a home and gives no build year or energy class.

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What the photos show

Attractive brick farmhouse with handsome arched loggia and an intact roof set on a small private green plot near Parma. The building is an open, unfinished shell that would need a formal change of use and complete renovation before it could be lived in — great as a project, not move-in ready.

Minimum to live in it350500/m²
€26,000 – €38,000

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.

This house
Comfortable
€45,000 – €68,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.

Full1,2001,500/m²
€90,000 – €113,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€15,000 – €27,000

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.

Connections and paperworkabout €10,000

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.

Asking price + this range + connections
€153,000 – €176,000
What worries us about this house
  • Empty shell — interior is unfinished with no floors or living fittings
  • Requires change of use/permits to convert into a residential loft
  • Full renovation needed (electrical/plumbing/insulation/windows)

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 55/100

This is in the built-up area of Parma on the Po plain. The Parma and Taro river corridors are the main nearby natural features, with flat farmland and low alluvial ground around the city. The nearest larger landscape change is the start of the Apennine foothills south of the city, but that lies outside the immediate urban area. Parma is a major provincial capital with a large historic centre, Romanesque and Renaissance monuments, rail links, hospitals, universities and full city services. The area is known for Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma.

The comune of Parma
People living here
198,693
+11.1% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
22%
13% are under 14
Flood zone
42%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
How far to everything
To the sea
88 km
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Asking price

98,000
Deal score
32/100
Wow
52/100

Listed 11/09/2026