Casa indipendente in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti
ELEGANTE CASA tutta rivestita in mattoni pieni SOLEGGIATISSIMA e con ampio giardino privato recintato, la casa si sviluppa su 3 piani di comoda metratura, si accede dal proprio giardino privato in una ampia entrata che funge piccolo salotto, cucina abitabile aperta sulla sala, camera stireria/armadi, 2 camere da letto,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €65,000 for 300 m², the headline price is attractive, but unfinished floors and bathroom finishes, windows, and a missing boiler imply roughly €500/m² in work, bringing the effective cost to about €717/m² versus a local reference of €333/m². The house has generous gardens, parking, terraces, and a convenient position near Tortona, but the listing does not state the energy class or construction year.
More on the house and the area
A distinctive brick-built country house with attractive traditional detailing, tiled roof elements, a very large terrace, private garden and a two-car garage. It appears structurally substantial and unusually spacious, but it is still a renovation-in-progress and not yet realistically move-in ready without completing major finishes and systems.
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€35,000 – €59,000
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.
- Significant finishing work remains, including floors, bathroom finishes, windows and boiler installation.
- Interior photos show an unfinished, largely empty house rather than a move-in-ready home.
- Roof and terrace drainage, utilities, heating and legal completion should be checked before purchase.
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.