Casa indipendente nel cuore di cavaglia'
Al piano rialzato si apre la zona giorno, composta da un soggiorno accogliente con cucinotto, uno spazio da ripensare e valorizzare per diventare il fulcro della casa. Salendo al primo piano troviamo una spaziosa camera matrimoniale con accesso al balcone e un servizio, mentre il secondo ed ultimo piano ospita una…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Independent townhouse, 80sqm at €300/m2 vs baseline median €351/m2 (n=4781, strong baseline), a ~15% discount. Habitable structure on multiple levels with balcony, cellar, and heating. Condition 'needs renovation' — full interior refresh expected at ~€700/m2 (~€56k), bringing all-in cost to ~€80k, still reasonable for a 3-room independent home. Fresh listing (6 days), good photo count (12), coherent description. No sea proximity and no energy class, but neither is critical for this inland Piemonte value play. Solid entry-level renovation opportunity at a modest discount to market.
More on the house and the area
A three-level independent townhouse in the center of Cavaglià, Piemonte, priced at just €24,000 (€300/m² for 80 sqm) — the low price is the main draw. The corner-position exterior has faded old-world charm with green shutters and a first-floor balcony, but the facade is heavily weathered. Interiors are dated and need complete renovation: terrazzo floors, old kitchen sink, peeling and patched walls, bare bulbs. The setting is an ordinary village street beside a parking lot, with no view or nature feature. Solid restoration potential and bargain pricing, but no standout wow appeal in current state.
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€16,000 – €28,000
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.
- Full renovation required
- Interior tired and dated with peeling walls and old fixtures
- No energy class listed
- Faces onto street/parking area, no notable view
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 52/100This is the flat edge of the Biellese and Canavese plain, with rice fields, canals and low farmland; the Serra d'Ivrea moraine ridge lies nearby and is the main landform within reach. Lake Viverone is within the local area. Ivrea is the nearest larger town of note, with services and a historic centre, and Biella is also nearby with the usual provincial-town services. The area is known mainly for agriculture, especially rice-growing on the plain.