Villetta a schiera in Gugliette 3
Piverone (TO) – Via Guiette 3 | € 39.000 Tra le colline e i colori dell’Anfiteatro Moranico d’Ivrea, a pochi passi dal fascino senza tempo del Lago di Viverone, sorge una dimora che attende solo una mano sapiente per tornare a splendere. Se stai cercando molto più di un semplice immobile — se cerchi una tela bianca su…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €39,000 asking price is attractive at €271/m² versus the local €345/m² reference, but the house explicitly needs renovation, bringing the estimated all-in cost to about €140,000 or €971/m². Its proximity to Lake Viverone adds some appeal, but the renovation burden substantially outweighs the initial discount.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial 144 sqm townhouse with appealing traditional features, especially the exposed timber roof, balcony and barrel-vaulted brick cellar. It is a real, roofed house rather than a ruin, but the bare kitchen, damp-marked interiors and generally tired condition make it a serious renovation project before comfortable full-time living.
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€28,000 – €51,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, including a new kitchen and likely bathroom modernization.
- Visible damp, peeling plaster, worn finishes and outdated systems require inspection and repair.
- No compelling panoramic view or private garden is evident from the gallery.
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 68/100The area is in the Canavese, with the morainic hills left by the ancient glacier of the Dora Baltea and the first Alpine reliefs visible to the north. The Dora Baltea runs nearby, and the Ivrea morainic amphitheatre lies within the local landscape. Castello di Masino is in Caravino itself on the ridge above the plain. Ivrea is the nearest town of size, with services, a historic centre and UNESCO recognition for the 20th-century industrial city of Olivetti. The area is known for mixed farmland, vineyards on the morainic slopes, and the transition from the Po plain to the Aosta valley corridor.