Villetta a schiera in Via Italia 19
Villetta a schiera in Via Italia 19
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €38,000 asking price is 12% below comparable local listings (€304/m² versus €345/m²), with a garden and parking. However, the listing gives no condition, habitability, or renovation details; allowing roughly €700/m² for an uncertain project brings the effective cost to about €1,004/m².
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, furnished and usable home rather than a renovation shell, with a large garden and striking long-distance views across the Piedmont countryside toward the Alps. The house is plainly finished and highly dated rather than stylish, but the €38,000 price, generous size and landscape setting create strong dream-home appeal.
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€25,000 – €44,000
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 and finishes are quite dated, with visible wall wear and an old staircase.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a five-bedroom, 125 sqm home.
- Roof, heating, utilities, energy performance and legal status are not confirmed from the listing.
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 72/100This is vineyard hill country of the Monferrato and the Belbo-Tanaro uplands, with a dense pattern of ridges, small valleys, farmhouses and wine villages. The Belbo valley is nearby, and the Tanaro runs farther west toward Asti and Alessandria. The nearest larger town is Asti, with full services, rail links and a substantial historic centre. Nizza Monferrato is close by and is one of the market towns of this wine area. This part of Astigiano is known for Barbera d'Asti vineyards and wine production, and for mixed vine-and-hazel countryside typical of southern Piemonte. The vineyard landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato have UNESCO status, and this area falls within the wider Monferrato wine landscape.