Rocca Canavese
Tribunale: Ivrea RGE: 179/2024 trattasi di fabbricato abitativo, ubicato in zona periferica rispetto il concentrico del Comune di Rocca Canavese. Il bene in oggetto, entrostante al foglio 20 particella 643 (ente urbano di mq. 239) è elevato a tre piani fuori terra, ed è composto a piano terreno da area esclusiva, w.c.…
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In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
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Despite the unusually low €81/m² asking price (€14,053 for 174 m²), the listing explicitly concerns a judicial auction, which carries materially different purchase risks and procedures. The advertised photos are also stated to be indicative rather than real property photos.
More on the house and the area
The €14,053 price is striking, but the property itself is not visually proven: the supplied images show generic apartment interiors and façades rather than this townhouse. The description suggests a substantial three-level, potentially habitable home with outdoor space, but its actual condition, finishes, and livability remain unverified.
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€12,000 – €20,000
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.
- The listing explicitly says the photos are indicative and not photos of the actual property, so the apparent interiors and exterior cannot be credited.
- Court-auction purchase with potentially significant legal, occupancy, renovation, and due-diligence risks.
- The description is inconsistent about the layout and lists no bathrooms in the facts despite mentioning a bathroom and external WC.
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 66/100The cluster lies at the mouth of the Valli di Lanzo, where the first Alpine relief rises from the Canavese plain. The Graian Alps are the mountain backdrop within this radius, with wooded lower slopes and ridges above the built villages. The Stura di Lanzo runs through the nearby valleys. Lanzo Torinese is the nearest town of some size, with rail connection toward Turin and the normal services of a valley town. Turin is the main city used for higher-level services and work commuting, but it lies beyond the immediate landscape. This part of the Canavese is known for the transition from plain to pre-Alpine valleys and for hiking and summer second-home villages in the Lanzo valleys.