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Immobile dalla distribuzione razionale e funzionale, composto da quattro ampi locali, un bagno, due dispense e un comodo corridoio di disimpegno. Attualmente utilizzato come ufficio, offre la rara opportunità di progettare la propria abitazione partendo da una planimetria già ben articolata, da personalizzare secondo…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €843/m² before conversion and renovation, the estimated effective cost is about €1,543/m², well above the local €672/m² benchmark. It is currently used as an office, so residential change-of-use approval and costs must be verified; the listing does not state its condition.
More on the house and the area
This is a bright, well-maintained 70 sqm office with several usable rooms, a balcony, and a renovated bathroom, offered at a relatively low price. However, it is not currently a home: the lack of a kitchen and the office layout mean a real residential conversion is required, while the setting and interiors offer little distinctive Italian character.
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€14,000 – €25,000
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.
- Currently configured and used as an office, not a ready-to-live-in apartment.
- No kitchen is shown or mentioned, so substantial conversion work and permitting may be needed.
- Energy class G and a generic urban setting reduce long-term appeal.
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 42/100The area lies on the flat plain of the Po, with the Po River a few kilometres to the north and broad cultivated land around the town. The nearest larger centre is Alessandria, which provides the main rail and road services, hospitals and larger retail. Casale Monferrato is nearby and marks the edge of the lower Monferrato hills, but those hills are outside the immediate plain around Valenza. The area is known nationally for jewellery and goldsmithing linked to Valenza itself.