Quadrilocale in Via delle Alpi 6
Cerchi un appartamento subito abitabile nel centro di Andrate, con la comodità del box auto e in un piccolo contesto di sole quattro famiglie? In via delle Alpi 6, ti attende questa confortevole soluzione situata al primo piano di una riservata palazzina. Ti piacerebbe vivere la tranquillità e l'aria pura della…
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 (€407/m²), this immediately habitable 86 m² apartment with garage, terrace and a new 2025 boiler is priced below comparable local stock. Allowing roughly €17,200 for light updating brings the effective cost to about €607/m² versus a €671/m² benchmark, making it a solid discount.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable mountain apartment in a photogenic Alpine village, with dramatic snow-capped mountain views and a balcony, garage, two bathrooms, and a new boiler. The interiors are clean, spacious, and fully usable but strongly dated, so the appeal is more about the spectacular setting and exceptional €35,000 price than polished design.
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 – €10,000
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 are very dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- The apartment is in a dense village setting with no private garden; outdoor space is limited to a balcony/terrace.
- Energy performance and some technical details are not specified.
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 72/100The cluster sits at the entrance to the Dora Baltea valley, with the Biellese and Canavese foothills around it and the Pennine Alps rising farther up-valley. The Dora Baltea runs through this stretch of valley. The Mont Avic Natural Park lies just across the Valle d'Aosta border to the north, and the first Alpine valleys open within a few kilometres. The nearest ski lifts are in the Gressoney and Champorcher sides of Valle d'Aosta, reached in roughly an hour by car, so they are not part of the immediate setting. Ivrea is the nearest town of size, with a full service centre and a historic core; its industrial city of the 20th century is a UNESCO site. This area is known for the old route into Valle d'Aosta, for Romanesque churches and castles around the lower Dora Baltea, and for vine terraces on the valley sides, including the Carema wine area nearby.