Bilocale in Via delle Primule 8
Appartamento di circa 60 mq situato al secondo piano di uno stabile con ascensore. La disposizione interna comprende un ingresso con comodo ripostiglio, un soggiorno con cucinino, una grande camera da letto, un bagno finestrato ed una cantina al piano interrato. L'appartamento è dotato di riscaldamento centralizzato…
What it really costs
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €43,000 (€729/m²), the asking price is only slightly above the local €667/m² benchmark. However, the listing says it needs renovation; allowing roughly €41,300 for 59 m² brings the effective cost to about €84,300 (€1,429/m²), weakening the deal despite the elevator, cellar, garden access, and double glazing.
More on the house and the area
A bright, genuinely usable 59 m² apartment with generous windows, a balcony and a pleasant leafy urban outlook. It is furnished and functional, but the dated interiors and stated need for renovation keep it in the practical fixer-upper range rather than dream-home territory.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €21,000
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 explicitly described as needing renovation, with dated kitchen, bathroom and finishes.
- Energy class G and centralized heating may mean higher running costs.
- The views are pleasant and green but urban, overlooking streets and sports facilities rather than a distinctive Italian landscape.
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 55/100Low-lying section of the Po plain with a suburban/industrial fabric extending north from Turin and agricultural fields beyond the built fringe. The Dora Riparia river runs through the area. Parco Naturale La Mandria, a protected regional park and former Savoy hunting reserve, lies next to the town. The Reggia di Venaria Reale (part of the “Residences of the Royal House of Savoy” UNESCO World Heritage Site) is in the town. The cluster sits inside the Turin metropolitan area; Turin is the nearest large city and provides universities, major museums, a regional rail hub and large hospitals. Torino-Caselle (Turin) airport is a few kilometres north. There are no ski lifts within the immediate 15 km radius; Alpine ski stations lie further west.