Casa di paese con terrazzo nel borgo di Cortanze
CASA DI PAESE CON TERRAZZO NEL BORGO DI CORTANZE. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, esposizione interna, balcone, terrazzo, parzialmente arredato.
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In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
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The €67,000 asking price is attractive, but renovating 237 m² could cost roughly €166,000, bringing the effective cost to about €233,000 (€982/m²). That is well above the €345/m² level typical for comparable Piemonte homes, despite the garage, terrace and heating.
More on the house and the area
A highly characterful Piedmont townhouse with exposed brick, traditional terracotta floors, fireplaces, and an exceptional covered terrace beneath an old timber-and-tile roof. It is a real, usable home with a fitted kitchen, bathroom, heating, and furnished rooms—not a bare shell—but it would benefit from modernization and cosmetic renovation.
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€47,000 – €83,000
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.
- Advertised as needing renovation, with visibly dated finishes and some worn surfaces.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 237 sqm home.
- The roof structure, utilities, and permits should be professionally checked before purchase.
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 68/100This is the Monferrato hill country, with low ridges, vineyards, arable fields and small woods around the village. The area lies close to the Val Rilate and the wider Tanaro basin landscape. Asti is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, rail connections and services. The wider area is known for wine, especially Barbera and other Monferrato denominations, and for mixed vineyard-and-farm countryside typical of the Astigiano.