Casa indipendente in Cantone Cerreto, 49, Santa Maria del Tempio, Casale Monferrato,
Casa indipendente in Cantone Cerreto, 49, Santa Maria del Tempio, Casale Monferrato,. Habitable.
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At €58,875, estimated all-in cost is about €88,275, or €601/m² after allowing €200/m² for a habitable home—more than double the local comparison level of €276/m². The listing is extremely sparse and does not state the bathroom situation, despite showing five bedrooms.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, usable detached house with a generous garden, rural space, and a comfortable finished interior featuring tiled floors, arches, a fireplace, and a functional kitchen. Its main weakness is visual appeal: the brick exterior and interiors are plain and dated, while the unfinished outbuilding lowers the overall polish and dream-home factor.
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€10,000 – €16,000
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.
- Main living areas appear habitable but dated and highly personal in style.
- Large attached outbuilding/garage is unfinished and used for storage.
- Flat agricultural surroundings offer space but no scenic view or distinctive village setting.
- Utilities, heating efficiency, and exact bathroom count should be verified.
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 53/100This is the flat Po plain on the south bank of the Po River. The Po and its riparian woods are the main landscape feature here, with the Parco del Po Piemontese around the river corridor. Casale Monferrato is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services. The lower Monferrato hills begin just south of Casale, with vineyard country and hill towns such as Cella Monte within roughly this radius. The area is known for rice and other plain agriculture near the river, and for wine on the nearby Monferrato slopes.