Attico/mansarda in Via Piane 28
Mansarda panoramica con travi a vista, riscaldamento autonomo e nessuna spesa condominiale A Serravalle Sesia proponiamo in vendita una mansarda posta al terzo e ultimo piano di una palazzina sprovvista di ascensore. L'appartamento si distingue per la luminosità degli ambienti, i soffitti mansardati con travi in legno…
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €47,000 (€495/m²), the asking price is 26% below comparable Piemonte apartments; allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified updating brings the effective cost near €695/m², broadly in line with the local market. The apartment appears legally habitable and well documented with 34 photos, but its G energy rating, third-floor access without a lift, and limited information about condition reduce the upside.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable, bright mansarda with attractive exposed beams, arched details, generous open living space, and a convincing mountain setting. The veranda and balcony add useful outdoor space, while the €47,000 price is compelling for a finished 95 m² home. It is more characterful than luxurious, with dated fittings and the practical drawback of a third-floor walk-up.
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€6,000 – €11,000
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.
- Third-floor apartment in a building without an elevator.
- Energy class G suggests potentially high heating costs and future efficiency upgrades.
- The kitchen and bathroom appear functional but dated, and there is only one bathroom.
- No private garden or substantial outdoor land is shown.
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 63/100The cluster sits at the foot of the pre-Alps in the Valsesia area, with wooded hills rising immediately north toward Monte Fenera and the lower Sesia valleys. The Sesia river runs through this part of the valley system a few kilometres east, and Monte Fenera Regional Natural Park is nearby. Alagna Valsesia and the main Monterosa Ski lift base are up-valley at roughly 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes by road, which matters for access but is outside the local landscape. Borgosesia is the nearest larger town, with the usual shops and services for the upper Novara-Vercelli valleys. This area is known for the transition from the Po-side plain to the Valsesia foothills and for small industrial settlements set among wooded slopes and vineyard patches around the Boca and lower Sesia hills.