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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €20,000 asking price looks low, but the property is completely to renovate: at about €1,100/m², estimated total costs reach roughly €82,700, or €1,451/m². That is far above the local €330/m² benchmark, despite the central location, courtyard and garage.
More on the house and the area
This is a low-cost historic village house with old façades, a balcony, a private courtyard, and a garage, giving it some authentic Piemonte character. However, the interior is essentially an empty renovation project rather than a usable home, with no finished kitchen or clearly functioning bathroom and significant work needed throughout.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€22,000 – €34,000
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 property is completely to be renovated and is not move-in ready.
- The advertised layout requires creating or fully refurbishing the kitchen and bathroom.
- Visible exterior deterioration, unfinished wiring, worn doors, and a very basic interior suggest substantial renovation costs.
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 38/100The area is in the eastern Piedmont plain between the Sesia valley and the Novara rice country, with flat farmland, irrigation channels and scattered woods typical of the lower Vercelli-Novara plain. The Sesia River runs a few kilometres east. Vercelli is the nearest city of size, with a historic centre and services; Novara is also within normal daily range. This part of the province is known for rice cultivation.