Casa indipendente in Via Ambrogio Doria 86
Nel caretteristico borgo di Montaldeo proponiamo in vendita una caratteristica casa di paese libera da terra a tetto, che conserva molte delle caratteristiche tipiche delle antiche costruzioni della zona: ambienti distribuiti su più livelli, muri di notevole spessore, strutture in pietra e mattoni e bellissime cantine,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €20,000 asking price is attractive at €250/m², but the house explicitly requires renovation; allowing roughly €900/m² brings the effective cost to about €1,150/m², well above the local €335/m² benchmark. The historic village setting and 11 photos help, but the listing does not specify the exact works or building age.
More on the house and the area
This €20,000 village house has a genuinely beautiful open panorama over the Piedmontese hills, along with thick stone-and-brick walls, traditional shutters, balconies, and atmospheric cellars. It is a real two-level home with a kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, bathroom, and roof, but it needs meaningful renovation rather than simple cosmetic refreshing.
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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€16,000 – €28,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, including peeling finishes and likely damp-related repairs.
- The interiors are habitable in layout but dated, dark, and offer only one bathroom.
- An adjacent roofless/unfinished structure visible in the photos should be clarified as part of the property or neighboring fabric.
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 67/100The area lies in the hilly Alto Monferrato on the Ligurian Apennine foothills, with mixed woods, fields and ridgelines rather than high mountains. The upper valleys of the Orba and Stura are nearby, and the Parco Naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo is within this radius, with wooded uplands, reservoirs and walking routes on the provincial border. Gavi is the nearest town of note, with services and the Forte di Gavi. The area is known for woodland hills and for the Gavi wine zone nearby.