Casa indipendente 264 mq con giardino, cortile e box - Tetto perfetto
Casa indipendente 264 mq con giardino, cortile e box - Tetto perfetto. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, caminetto.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
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At €49,000 for 282 m², the low purchase price is offset by an estimated €650/m² renovation, putting the effective cost near €824/m² versus a local reference of €345/m². The sound roof, garage, heating and fireplace help, but the listing gives few details about the remaining renovation work.
More on the house and the area
A traditional Piemonte townhouse with attractive shutters, an old tiled roof, a generous front garden, and a useful rural outlook from the rear. The house is solid and roofed rather than a ruin, with a functioning-looking bathroom, heating, and lived-in rooms, but the interiors are dated and renovation is clearly needed.
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, €650/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€56,000 – €99,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Needs renovation and substantial cosmetic updating, with damp/weathering visible on walls.
- Bathroom and interiors are very dated; no kitchen is shown in the gallery.
- Rear courtyard and outbuildings look neglected and may require cleanup or repairs.
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 sits in the low Monferrato hills, with vineyard and cereal country around the villages and no mountain landscape inside the immediate area. The Po is north of here and the Tanaro runs farther south toward Alessandria, but the setting around Mirabello Monferrato is mainly rolling agricultural ground rather than a marked river landscape. Casale Monferrato is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services; Alessandria is also close for wider shopping and rail connections. This part of Monferrato is known for wine country and mixed farming, with the wider Monferrato UNESCO wine landscape lying in the region but not centred on this immediate low-hill area.