Trilocale in Via Cesare Battisti, 15, Cristo, Alessandria,
Trilocale in Via Cesare Battisti, 15, Cristo, Alessandria,. Habitable.
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €91,000 (€1,096/m²), the estimated all-in cost for a habitable 83 m² apartment is about €1,296/m², nearly double the €672/m² local comparison level. The listing provides 23 photos, but it does not state the number of bathrooms, and there is no clear location premium to justify the price.
More on the house and the area
This is a standard, maintained-looking apartment building in an urban Alessandria setting, with no distinctive beauty or lifestyle feature visible. The listing calls the 83 sqm apartment habitable, but the real interior is entirely unshown, so actual livability and condition cannot be verified.
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€6,000 – €9,000
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.
- All interior photos are explicitly commercial stock images, not the actual apartment.
- The gallery does not prove the apartment’s layout, finishes, kitchen, or bathroom condition.
- The exterior is a conventional apartment block with no visible view, garden, or historic character.
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 38/100This cluster is in the built-up area of Alessandria, in the flat plain between the Tanaro and Bormida rivers. The wider surroundings are the lowlands of the central Po basin, with cultivated fields, roads, rail lines and service areas around the city. Alessandria is the nearest town of size and it has the full services of a provincial capital, including a substantial historic centre, rail junction and hospitals. Beyond the plain, the Monferrato hills begin outside the city’s immediate surroundings, but they are not inside the urban area itself.