Trilocale in Fossano
Trilocale in Fossano. Habitable, centralizzato heating, fibra ottica, videocitofono, porta blindata, accesso per disabili, armadio a muro, balcone, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, cantina, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This habitable €80,000 apartment works out to about €1,200/m² including an estimated €200/m² for updating, versus a local benchmark of €664/m². Its central location, balcony, cellar, heating and 24 photos support a normal, usable home, but the effective price is well above comparable stock.
More on the house and the area
A solid, bright and genuinely usable apartment with a balcony overlooking an attractive historic church, tiled square and Fossano rooftops. The interiors are clean and serviceable, with good parquet in the bedrooms, but the style is plain and dated and the kitchen appears unfinished or stripped out. Its strongest appeal is central Italian-town living rather than a dramatic dream-home setting.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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 apartment is habitable but dated and completely unfurnished.
- The kitchen appears to need fitting or replacement, and the bathroom is only partially shown.
- It overlooks a central street and square, so traffic and town-center noise are likely.
- No private garden or truly panoramic landscape view is visible.
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 49/100Fossano sits on the plain between the Stura di Demonte and Tanaro systems, with the Maritime and Cottian Alps visible to the south and west on clear days. The Stura di Demonte runs nearby west of town. The nearest larger centre is Cuneo, which has the main services, rail links and a substantial historic centre. Fossano itself is known in the area for its old centre on a raised position above the plain and for the Castello degli Acaja.