Casa indipendente in Via San Domenico
In una delle zone più richieste di Selvazzano Dentro, nel tranquillo e verde contesto residenziale di San Domenico, proponiamo in vendita un’elegante porzione di plurifamiliare di testa, caratterizzata da ampi spazi, centralità ed indipendenza. L’abitazione dispone di un ingresso completamente autonomo, preceduto da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Effective cost ~€1,605/m2 (price €295,000 + estimated renovation €42,000 = €337,000) vs local median €486/m2 — far above the area norm. Listing has many photos and a desirable location, but condition is not stated and the high effective price makes it a weak value.
More on the house and the area
Clean, bright end‑unit with a private hedged garden, covered porch and usable rooms — clearly a lived‑in, move‑in home. The styling is pleasant but modest and some cosmetic updating would modernize it. Good for someone wanting a comfortable suburban family house rather than a dramatic Italian dream setting.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€14,000 – €23,000
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.
- Suburban/residential location — no scenic sea/lake/mountain views
- Interior finishes (tiles, kitchen) are a bit dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating
- Garden is private but small and tightly hedged, not a large landscape
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 55/100The cluster sits in the built-up area of Padova, so the lived setting is the central Veneto plain rather than open countryside. The Bacchiglione runs through the city and the Brenta system is close by in the wider urban plain. The nearest substantial landscape feature is the Euganean Hills to the southwest, a volcanic hill group with the Parco Regionale dei Colli Euganei, but they are outside the immediate urban area. Padova itself is a major provincial capital with a large historic centre, the Basilica of Saint Anthony, the Palazzo della Ragione, and Giotto’s Scrovegni Chapel, part of the UNESCO listing of the fourteenth-century fresco cycles of Padua. The area is known for its university city functions, dense urban fabric, and the cultivated plain between Venice and Vicenza.