Casale/cascina in Cascina Colomba, 52, Mirabello Monferrato,
Casale/cascina in Cascina Colomba, 52, Mirabello Monferrato,. Needs renovation.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
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At €43,000 (€225/m²), the purchase price looks low, but substantial renovation at about €700/m² brings the estimated total to roughly €177,000, or €925/m²—well above comparable Piemonte stock around €261/m². The panoramic setting helps slightly, but the description is very sparse and provides no information on building age, energy performance, or renovation scope.
More on the house and the area
This is a large old farmhouse in open Piemonte countryside, with plenty of surrounding land and pleasant agricultural views. However, the building looks heavily neglected and partly gutted, with serious renovation needed before it could become a livable home.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€38,000 – €67,000
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.
- Major renovation appears necessary, with damaged walls and exposed or incomplete roof sections.
- Interior photos suggest a largely empty, unfinished shell rather than a usable home.
- No clear evidence of a functioning kitchen, bathrooms, utilities, or habitable flooring.
- Overgrown grounds and rural access may require substantial clearing and practical checks.
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.