Rustico/casale in Regione Rocca 19
Casale Indipendente con Ampio Terreno - Opportunità di Ristrutturazione Scopri questo casale indipendente su tre lati, costruito negli anni '50, perfetto per chi cerca spazio e autonomia in una proprietà con grande potenziale. Situato su un generoso terreno di circa 1.000 m², questa casa rappresenta un'opportunità…
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 €49,000 asking price is attractive at €144/m² versus a €261/m² local benchmark, but the 340 m² farmhouse is explicitly to be renovated, with extensive cellars, storage rooms and outbuildings. At roughly €900/m² for renovation, the effective cost is about €1,044/m², making this a weak deal despite the low entry price.
More on the house and the area
This spacious Piedmont farmhouse has a genuinely appealing hillside setting, broad valley views, private garden/land, terraces, and characterful interiors with ornate plaster ceilings and a fireplace. It is a real roofed and floored home rather than a ruin, but the worn façades, dated interiors, and description explicitly present it as a renovation project rather than a move-in-ready house.
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€67,000 – €119,000
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 exterior finishes and likely upgrades to systems and interiors.
- The property appears to have been vacant or lightly maintained; roof and structural condition should be professionally checked.
- Large size and multiple outbuildings may make renovation and ongoing maintenance expensive.
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 68/100This is the Monferrato hill country, with cultivated ridges, small valleys, vineyards and scattered hamlets. The area lies in the wider Monferrato wine landscape, and parts of Monferrato are included in the UNESCO vineyard landscape site of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. Asti is the nearest city of size, with a cathedral, historic centre and rail connections. The area is known for wine, especially Barbera and related Monferrato production, along with mixed farming.