Frazione Serravalle, 37, Asti
Tribunale: Asti RGE: 90/2021 Immobile residenziale costituito da cascina, libera su quattro lati, locali di sgombero, porticato, cantine e tettoie. Metratura stimata: gli atti d’asta non la indicano. Quella pubblicata è ricavata da immobili simili nella stessa zona e potrebbe non corrispondere: richiedi informazioni…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial-auction listing, so it is a high-risk purchase regardless of the apparent €200/m² price. The stated 210 m² is only an estimate, the photos are not of the actual property, and the renovation could add roughly €1,100/m².
More on the house and the area
The €42,000 price for a potentially large four-sided cascina with cellar, portico, outbuildings, and garage is intriguing, but the photos do not prove anything about this actual home. It is a renovation project with uncertain size and livability, so it offers bargain potential rather than a demonstrated dream-home wow factor.
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€83,000 – €123,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- The listing explicitly says the images are illustrative and not photos of the actual property.
- Condition is listed as needing renovation; the real interior, roof, utilities, and bathrooms are unverified.
- The advertised 210 sqm is an estimate, not stated in the auction documents.
- Auction purchase requires reviewing the real appraisal, access, legal status, and 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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Asti, so the lived setting is an urban plain in the Tanaro valley with surrounding cultivated hills. The Tanaro river runs through the city. South and north of town, within this radius, the landscape is the vineyard and farming hills of Monferrato. Asti is a provincial capital with a substantial historic centre, services, rail connections and Romanesque and Gothic monuments, and it is known for wine, especially Asti Spumante and Moscato.