Casa indipendente in Strada del Mare
BONELLI – CASA ACCOSTATA NEL CUORE DEL DELTA DEL PO In un contesto davvero particolare, immerso nella natura del Delta del Po e a breve distanza dal mare e dalla spiaggia di Barricata, proponiamo una casa accostata disposta su due livelli, ideale per chi cerca tranquillità e spazi da personalizzare. L’immobile è…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €49,000 (€445/m²), the house needs substantial internal renovation despite the completed roof and exterior work; allowing about €700/m² puts the effective cost near €1,145/m², far above the local €338/m² benchmark. Its position just 1 km from the sea is attractive, but not enough to offset the renovation burden.
More on the house and the area
A solid rural house with a freshly rendered exterior, renewed roof, generous rooms, and a pleasing exposed-beam ceiling. Its Delta del Po countryside setting and €49,000 price add appeal, but the interior is messy and requires substantial renovation before it becomes a comfortable home.
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€22,000 – €39,000
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.
- Interior renovation is clearly needed, including replastering, repainting, and removal of debris.
- The kitchen appears incomplete or very basic, and the single bathroom is dated.
- No attractive panoramic view or clearly defined private garden is shown.
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 78/100The cluster is in the Po Delta, with branches of the Po including the Po di Venezia and Po di Gnocca shaping a flat landscape of embankments, canals, fishing lagoons and reclaimed farmland. It lies inside the Parco Regionale Veneto del Delta del Po. The Adriatic coast is close, with barrier islands, sand spits and wetlands around Boccasette, Barricata and Scardovari. Adria is the nearest larger town for routine services, while Chioggia and Rovigo are the nearest more substantial urban centres. The area is known for lagoon fishing, mussel and clam farming, and rice and other reclaimed-land agriculture.