Abitazione -Località Serravalle (AT)
Abitazione -Località Serravalle (AT). cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The headline price is only €70/m² versus an Asti benchmark of €672/m², but 600 m² for €42,000 with one photo and no stated condition, bathrooms, or bedrooms is too incomplete to validate. Assuming substantial renovation at about €700/m², the effective cost is roughly €770/m², so this is not a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
The rural Piedmont setting may be attractive, but the photo does not show the property itself or any real views. With no bathrooms, no condition information, and only a vague dwelling-plus-cellar description, this cannot be judged as a beautiful, usable 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€119,000 – €211,000
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.
- Only a satellite/location image is provided, with no view of the apartment or interiors.
- The listing reports 0 bathrooms and gives no usable condition, kitchen, utility, or access details.
- The description is extremely sparse and mentions only a cellar, making livability unclear despite the low price.
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Asti, so the lived setting is an urban plain in the Tanaro valley with surrounding cultivated hills. The Tanaro river runs through the city. South and north of town, within this radius, the landscape is the vineyard and farming hills of Monferrato. Asti is a provincial capital with a substantial historic centre, services, rail connections and Romanesque and Gothic monuments, and it is known for wine, especially Asti Spumante and Moscato.