Casa indipendente in giulio re, 5, Vignale Monferrato,
Casa indipendente in giulio re, 5, Vignale Monferrato,. Habitable, autonomo heating.
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is exceptionally low at €122/m², but allowing about €25,600 for a 128 m² habitable home brings the estimated all-in cost to roughly €322/m², above the local €276/m² benchmark. The description is very sparse and does not say how many bathrooms the property has.
More on the house and the area
A large, genuinely usable 128 sqm home with a complete kitchen, furnished living area, bedroom, heating, and an enclosed exterior courtyard. It is not especially picturesque—there is no proven view, garden, or distinctive historic detail—and the façade and interiors need cosmetic updating. The exceptionally low asking price is the main source of appeal.
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€9,000 – €14,000
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.
- The exterior shows peeling plaster and general cosmetic neglect.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and cluttered, with likely refreshing needed.
- This appears to be an auction-related listing; verify occupancy, legal status, utilities, and actual bathroom details.
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 72/100The cluster sits in the Monferrato hills, with vine-covered ridges and rounded farmed slopes within the local landscape. The Po plain begins not far to the north, but within 15 km the setting is mainly hill country rather than flat plain. Casale Monferrato is the nearest town of size, with services, a rail station, and a substantial historic centre. This is wine country, especially Barbera and Grignolino, with scattered hamlets, farmhouses, and small hilltop villages across the surrounding ridges. Parts of Monferrato are included in the UNESCO vineyard landscape listing of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, and Vignale Monferrato lies in that wider wine-growing landscape.