Casale in Moncrivello
Casale in Moncrivello. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, balcone, cantina, esposizione doppia.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Price €69,000 plus estimated €18,000 of works (200 €/m²) yields an effective €87,000 or ≈967 €/m², far above the Piemonte median of €262/m². The cottage is habitable with garage and cellar and has 7 photos, but at ~3.7× the local median and 116 km from the sea it reads as overpriced.
More on the house and the area
A solid, immediately-habitable Piemonte farmhouse with pretty vaulted ceilings, a private courtyard and small garden — great bones and real rustic character. Rooms and exterior are dated and some outbuildings need work, but at €69k this is a genuine bargain for someone willing to refresh.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- Cosmetic updating required (dated kitchens/wallpaper/tiles).
- Outbuildings/porticoes look to need repair or consolidation.
- No dramatic views — courtyard setting rather than panoramas.
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 61/100The area sits on the Canavese plain at the foot of the Serra d'Ivrea, the long morainic ridge left by the ancient Balteo glacier. Lake Candia is within this radius, and the Dora Baltea runs nearby through the Ivrea plain. Ivrea is the nearest town of size, with a full range of services and a well-preserved industrial city core linked to Olivetti; Ivrea is on the UNESCO list for the 20th-century industrial city. The area is known for mixed farming, vineyards on the morainic slopes, and the transition from the Po plain to the Aosta valley approaches.