Strada Provinciale per Pozzolo Formigaro, 63, Rivalta Scrivia
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 310/2024 PVP: 4646668 Fabbricato con negozio (ex bar-gelateria) al piano terra ed abitazione al piano primo. Completa il lotto un cortile interno. L'immobile commerciale è composto da due sale bar, ripostiglio, servizi igienici e un deposito nel cortile. L'abitazione è composta da…
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In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
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This property is explicitly being sold through a judicial auction, which carries legal, access, occupancy and purchasing-process risks unsuitable for a straightforward home purchase. Even before those risks, the €15,900 price plus an estimated €40,800 renovation cost implies about €278/m² for 204 m², but the auction status overrides the apparent discount.
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The indicative images suggest a renovated, usable interior and an attractive historic urban facade, but they cannot be relied on as evidence of this actual property. The very low price for 204 sqm is intriguing, yet this is an auction lot combining a home and former commercial premises, so its real livability and condition remain unproven.
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€14,000 – €23,000
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 images are indicative and not actual property photos.
- Auction purchase with potentially significant legal, access, occupancy, and renovation uncertainties.
- The advertised 204 sqm combines a former bar/gelateria with the upstairs home; the listing reports no bathrooms in the structured facts despite describing sanitary facilities downstairs.
- Energy class G and unclear overall condition require careful verification.
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 59/100The area sits on the edge of the Colli Tortonesi, with low hills of vineyards and mixed farmland rising from the plain. The Scrivia valley is nearby, and the Curone and Ossona valleys are close in the hill country to the east and south-east. Tortona is the nearest town of size, with a cathedral, a compact historic centre and rail links on the Genoa–Milan axis. The area is known for wine from the Colli Tortonesi, especially Timorasso, and for mixed agricultural countryside between the Po plain and the Ligurian Apennine foothills.