Trilocale in Asti
Situato in zona ospedale garantisce comodità per chi cerca vicinanza ai servizi essenziali. Lo stabile è stato recentemente rivisto nelle parti comuni, assicurando un contesto curato e ben mantenuto. Questa opportunità rappresenta una scelta ideale per chi desidera vivere in una zona ben servita, senza rinunciare alla…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Priced at €786/m² vs baseline median €650/m², so ~21% above the local median despite being sold as fully needing renovation. The listing contradicts itself: condition is tagged 'Habitable' but the description explicitly states 'appartamenti ad oggi sono completamente da ristrutturare' (completely to be renovated) with only a rendering shown. This means budgeting ~€500-700/m² for a full gut renovation, pushing all-in cost well above local market. Positives: garage/box included in price, cellar, balcony, only 6 days on market, good hospital-zone location with recently renovated common areas. Energy class missing. Net: an above-median asking price for a property requiring full renovation makes this at best a fair deal, not a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The listing is a 70sqm 3-room apartment in Asti (Piemonte) from a 1960s building, priced at €55,000 (€786/m2). Critically, all 13 images are 3D renderings of a hypothetical renovated interior, NOT the actual current state. The description explicitly confirms the apartments are completely unrenovated ('completamente da ristrutturare') and the renders merely illustrate one possible customization. The rendered interiors do look attractive (open-plan living/dining, marble floors, modern lighting, greenery), but this is aspirational marketing, not reality. Includes garage, cellar, and balcony. No real wow factor exists since nothing shown is real; the actual property requires full renovation. Verdict: no_wow due to reliance on speculative CGI rather than genuine appeal.
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, €600/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€14,000 – €25,000
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.
- All images are CGI renderings, not actual photos of the property
- Description states apartments are completely to be renovated ('completamente da ristrutturare')
- The rendering shows only one of many possible customization options
- No energy class provided
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 is in the built-up area of Asti, so the setting is an urban plain-and-hill edge rather than open countryside. The Tanaro valley runs through this part of Piemonte, with vineyard hills of the Monferrato beginning around the city. Asti is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre with medieval towers, churches and regular services, but this does not remove the urban cap. The wider area is known for wine, especially Barbera and other Monferrato and Astigiano production.