Via Roma, 13, Rivara
Via Roma, 13, Rivara. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, cantina.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €327/m², the asking price is slightly below the local €345/m² benchmark, but adding an estimated €200/m² for a habitable home brings the effective cost to about €527/m². Heating, garage and cellar are positives, but the listing does not say how many bathrooms there are.
More on the house and the area
The property offers a lot of space for the price—185 sqm at about €327/sqm—with modern flooring, heating, a garage, and a cellar. However, the interiors are plain and the gallery raises questions about completeness and immediate livability, while there is no distinctive Italian setting or architectural character shown.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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 gallery does not show a kitchen or a clearly complete bathroom setup, despite the listing calling it habitable.
- Some rooms appear unfinished or minimally fitted, with exposed door trim and incomplete-looking fixtures.
- This is a generic modern apartment/townhouse building with no proven garden, terrace, historic character, or notable view.
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 58/100The cluster is in the Canavese area at the first rise from the Po plain toward the Graian Alps, with wooded hills and cultivated lower slopes. The Orco valley begins nearby to the west and the Alpine chain is visible at short range, but the high mountain terrain is outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Turin is the nearest large city and provides the main services, while Cuorgnè and Rivarolo Canavese are the closest towns of size for everyday shops and rail links. This part of Canavese is known for small hill settlements, mixed farmland and woodland rather than for a single major named natural feature inside the immediate area.