Via Pecorara, 31, Cavallara
Tribunale: Mantova RGE: 124/2025 PVP: 4602731 Abitazione su due piani fuori terra sita in comune di Viadana via Pecorara n.31. L'abitazione si colloca in località di Cavallara, a circa 11/12 km dal centro del comune di Viadana. L'abitazione si inserisce in un insieme di più abitazioni in linea. Al piano terra si…
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Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
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This is a judicial auction listing (not a normal sale). Price €31,557 (€198/m²) with an estimated renovation ≈€700/m² (~€111k total), and the ad even states the photos are not real.
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Some supplied images show fresh, modern interiors, but the legal description makes clear the house in Cavallara is in poor maintenance with unfinished rooms and has been long unoccupied. This is a cheap, renovation-needed property rather than a move-in-ready dream 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€31,000 – €56,000
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.
- Listing explicitly states the posted images are indicative and not the real photos of the property.
- Official description: property is in insufficient maintenance, long unoccupied and has several rooms 'al grezzo' (unfinished) — significant renovation required.
- Attic access limited (only via bathroom window) and no energy class/building year provided.
- Front courtyard faces neighboring buildings — limited privacy and no scenic 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.