Casa indipendente in Cascina Molino Valle
MAGNANO - Nel bel paesino di Magnano, in provincia di Biella, immerso nella tranquillità della natura ma a soli pochi minuti dai principali servizi, proponiamo in vendita una spaziosa casa indipendente completamente recintata, circondata da un giardino privato di circa 300 mq. L'immobile si presenta in buone condizioni…
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Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €59,000 (€353/m²), the asking price is close to comparable Piemonte country homes, but allowing about €83,500 for modernization brings the effective cost to roughly €853/m². The house appears usable but needs updating, including single-glazed windows and older heating, so the large size, garden and parking do not create a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
A substantial, sunny yellow country house with a fenced private garden, large terrace, parking/storage spaces, and a wooded Piemonte setting. The home is clearly usable rather than a shell, with a functioning kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, fireplace, and heating, but its interiors are old-fashioned and would benefit from modernization. At €59,000 for 167 sqm plus garden, it offers strong space-for-money appeal.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€19,000 – €33,000
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 and bathroom are very dated and would need modernization.
- Simple-glazed wooden windows and older heating systems may mean higher running costs.
- The terrace and exterior railings show peeling paint and maintenance needs.
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 68/100The Serra d’Ivrea, a long morainic ridge left by the Balteo glacier, runs through this area and shapes the local landscape of wooded hills, small lakes and cultivated slopes. Lago di Viverone lies within about 15 km to the southeast. The nearest larger centres are Ivrea and Biella, which provide the main services, stations and shopping. This part of the Canavese and Biellese is known for moraine landscapes, vineyards on the Serra and the Romanesque church complex at San Secondo di Magnano.