Villa in Via A. Volta 20
In zona comoda ai servizi a pochi passi dal centro cittadino proponiamo in vendita a Settimo Torinese una mansarda di 75 mq situata al secondo piano di uno piccolo condominio senza ascensore. La mansarda è composta da un ingresso in soggiorno, cucina, due camere e bagno con vasca. La mansarda si presenta in uno stato…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €55,000 asking price looks cheap at €138/m² for 400 m², but the description identifies a habitable 75 m² mansarda, implying a much higher effective price of about €733/m² before works. The area discrepancy is a major verification issue, and the listing does not say whether the attic’s low 90 cm height is fully compliant for residential use.
More on the house and the area
This is a practical, self-contained attic apartment with functioning-looking floors, heating, bathroom, and roof windows. However, the interiors are plain and dated, the exterior is utilitarian, and there is no view, garden, historic character, or distinctive Italian setting to create a dream-home effect.
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€26,000 – €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.
- Low attic ceiling, dropping to about 90 cm in places
- Second-floor unit in a small condominium without an elevator
- Dated finishes and energy class G
- Listing facts are inconsistent about the property size and type
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 48/100The cluster lies on the eastern side of the Turin hills, with low wooded ridges and cultivated slopes above the Po plain. The Po runs nearby to the south-west, and the area connects into the fluvial landscapes of the Parco del Po piemontese. Chivasso is the nearest larger town, and Turin is close enough to shape daily services, jobs and transport, but the immediate setting is peri-urban hill country rather than open mountain terrain. The area is known locally for hillside vineyards, woodland and the transition from the Turin conurbation to the Po and Monferrato side.