Quadrilocale in Via Nocione 4
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €55,000 (€524/m²), the 105 m² apartment with garage is attractively priced before works, but it is explicitly to be renovated. Allowing about €73,500 for renovation brings the effective cost to roughly €1,224/m², well above the €667/m² local benchmark; the F energy rating and lack of elevator add modest drawbacks.
More on the house and the area
A spacious 105 sqm apartment with three bedrooms, generous marble floors, a balcony and attractive views across the surrounding Piedmont hills. It is a solid-looking, roofed home rather than a ruin, but the interiors are dated and the property needs meaningful renovation, with no ready-to-use kitchen visible. At €55,000 including a garage, the price is appealing for someone seeking a practical project with real living potential.
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€21,000 – €37,000
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 sold as needing renovation, including finishes, systems and kitchen organization.
- The listing photos include non-contractual home staging, so the furnished presentation is not what is currently offered.
- Second-floor apartment without an elevator; energy class F and central heating may mean higher running 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 52/100The area sits in the Scrivia valley at the meeting point between the lower Piedmont hills and the Ligurian Apennines. The Scrivia river runs through the valley. Within about 15 km are the wooded ridges and passes of the Appennino Ligure around Arquata Scrivia, Vignole Borbera and the Val Borbera side valleys. Libarna, the Roman archaeological site near Serravalle Scrivia, is the main local historic feature. Novi Ligure is the nearest larger town and has a substantial town centre and services. The landscape is known for valley-floor transport corridors and outlet-commercial development around Serravalle, with vineyard and hill country beginning nearby toward Gavi and the lower Apennine foothills.