Terratetto unifamiliare in Busca
BUSCA – In Via Giovanni Trimaglio, in posizione tranquilla e comoda ai servizi, proponiamo casa indipendente disposta su due livelli e dotata di cortile privato. L’immobile si compone attualmente di: - soggiorno con angolo cottura, - sei camere da letto, - due bagni, - due cantine, - diversi locali di sgombero; -…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
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At €99,000 (€739/m²), this 134 m² house needs substantial renovation, estimated at about €93,800, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,484/m² versus €345/m² for comparable homes in the area. The private courtyard, garage and generous room count add utility, but the renovation burden makes the asking price weak.
More on the house and the area
A substantial traditional Busca townhouse with a photogenic tiled-roof courtyard layout, private outdoor space, balconies, mature greenery, and characterful wood ceilings and furnishings. The main home appears functional with a kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, and heating, but it needs modernization and includes extensive rough storage/workshop areas, so this is a renovation-minded home rather than a ready-made dream retreat.
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€26,000 – €47,000
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.
- The house is usable but clearly dated and advertised as needing renovation.
- Energy class G may mean future insulation and heating costs.
- Several adjoining spaces are storage/workshop areas rather than finished living space.
- No scenic mountain, lake, or valley view is shown.
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 cluster lies on the plain at the foot of the Cottian Alps, with the Varaita valley and Maira valley opening a short distance west and southwest. The Maira river runs by Busca. Cuneo is the nearest larger town, with full services and rail connections. Saluzzo is nearby and has a substantial historic centre. The area is known for fruit growing on the plain and for being the approach to the lower Alpine valleys; ski lifts are farther up the valleys and do not sit in the immediate 15 km surroundings.