Appartamento a Centro Città, Cairo Montenotte,
In zona centrale e panoramica proponiamo appartamento al terzo piano di una palazzina trifamigliare; l'immobile di ampia metratura gode di un'ottima esposizione ed è composto da ingresso, ampio salone, soggiorno con cucinino, due camere, un grande bagno, una dispensa e un balcone. Completano la proprietà un garage al piano strada e un posto auto scoperto.
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
At €80,000 for 130 m², the effective cost is about €769/m² including a modest habitable-home allowance, roughly 14% below the local €890/m² benchmark. It is centrally located, has autonomous heating and panoramic views, and the listing includes 16 photos; the description does not state the building year or energy class.
More on the house and the area
A spacious, genuinely usable apartment with excellent elevated views over the town and surrounding Ligurian hills. The wood-paneled ceilings, balcony, heating, garage, and generous rooms give it real living potential, though the interiors need cosmetic updating rather than being move-in stylish.
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€9,000 – €14,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated, with old flooring, fixtures, and finishes.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a large five-room apartment.
- The property appears to have access to a green outdoor area, but ownership and maintenance are unclear; elevator availability is not stated.
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 62/100The area sits in the Ligurian Apennines, on the upper Bormida valley between wooded hills and low mountain ridges. The Bormida di Spigno runs through the valley. The Parco naturale regionale di Piana Crixia lies nearby, known for the badlands landscape around the mushroom-shaped erosional column called the Fungo di Pietra. The nearest sea is the Savona coast, but it is beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. Cairo Montenotte is the nearest main town and has the services of a small inland centre with a historic core; the wider area is known for woodland, mixed farming and the Bormida valley routes linking Liguria and Piedmont.