Rustico in Baldissero Torinese
Rustico in Baldissero Torinese
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Structure
- Roof
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €24,000 asking price is €216/m², below the €260/m² local benchmark, but “rustico” typically indicates a major restoration project. Assuming about €1,100/m² in renovation, the effective cost is roughly €1,316/m², and the listing does not state habitability, utilities, or condition.
More on the house and the area
This Piemonte farmhouse has genuine historic character, exposed brick and stone, old tiled roofs, a courtyard garden, and a glimpse of a green hillside view. However, it is currently a bare, severely deteriorated shell rather than a livable home, requiring major structural, roof, plumbing, and interior renovation.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€44,000 – €65,000
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.
- Uninhabitable renovation project with no bathrooms, bedrooms, or usable kitchen visible.
- Extensive deterioration, structural cracks, damaged balconies, and sections of failing roof.
- Interiors are full of debris and agricultural remnants; utilities and legal habitability are unknown.
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 50/100The cluster lies on the Torino hill ridge east of the city, in a belt of wooded and cultivated slopes rather than open plain. The Po runs below on the Turin side of the ridge. The nearest large city is Torino, immediately adjacent, with full city services, major rail links, universities, museums and hospitals. The area is known locally for hillside villas, woodland, small vineyards and the roads that run along the Collina Torinese.