Quadrilocale in Via Selene, 9, Carrù,
Quadrilocale in Via Selene, 9, Carrù,. Habitable, centralizzato heating.
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €100,000 (€909/m²), this habitable 110 m² apartment is already about 36% above comparable local pricing; allowing roughly €22,000 for habitable-condition work brings the effective cost to about €1,109/m². Central location and heating help, but the premium is not justified by the description.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid, genuinely livable four-room apartment with two bathrooms, conventional rooms, and a pleasant shared green courtyard. However, the dated wallpaper, parquet, furnishings, and ordinary apartment-block setting provide little visual or emotional wow, and no special view or architectural character is evident.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but visibly dated and would benefit from modernization.
- No private garden, terrace, distinctive historic character, or notable view is shown.
- This is a standard apartment in a shared residential complex rather than a distinctive Italian home.
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 58/100Carrù sits on the Langhe edge where the hills begin to rise from the Tanaro plain. The Tanaro valley is the main landscape feature in this part of the province. The Ligurian Alps are farther south and visible in clear weather, but they are outside the immediate 15 km setting. Mondovì is the nearest town of size; it has a substantial historic upper town on the hill, everyday services, and rail connections in the lower town. This area is known for mixed farming, vineyards on the nearby Langhe side, and the long-established Carrù cattle fair linked to beef production.