Rustico/casale in Frazione Barcara 46
8 VALIDI MOTIVI PER ACQUISTARE: 1) LIBERA SU 3 LATI 2) GENEROSI SPAZI ESTERNI 3) 3 CAMERE DA LETTO 4) 2 BAGNI 5) INFISSI IN DOPPIO VETRO PVC DA POCO SOSTITUITI 6) PERSONALIZZABILE 7) TERRAZZA PANORAMICA 8) BOX AUTO REFRANCORE: L’agenzia Vendocasa di Corso Torino 66 propone in vendita una cascina di grande metratura, libera su tre lati...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €100,000 (€556/m²), this 180 m² farmhouse is already more than twice the local benchmark of €262/m². The description calls it customizable rather than habitable, so allowing roughly €700/m² for renovation pushes the effective cost to about €1,256/m²; condition and year are not stated.
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€36,000 – €63,000
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.
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 61/100This is the Monferrato hill country, with cultivated ridges, small valleys and scattered hamlets. The Tanaro runs west of the area and the Po plain begins not far to the north. Asti is the nearest town of size, with a full set of services and a substantial historic centre; Alessandria is also within practical reach for rail and larger-scale shopping. Parts of the wider Monferrato wine landscape in this part of Piemonte have UNESCO status, and the area is known for vineyards, mixed farming and wine production.