Casa semi-indipendente con giardino privato immersa nel verde – Frazione Cimaferle
Casa semi-indipendente con giardino privato immersa nel verde – Frazione Cimaferle. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, cantina, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €29,000 (€209/m²), the house looks cheap upfront, but renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the estimated total to about €126,300, or €909/m²—far above comparable local stock around €345/m². The remote hamlet location and renovation requirement further weaken the proposition, despite the private garden, cellar, heating, and 26 photos.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, usable Italian country townhouse with a private garden, grape arbor, old beams, exposed stone, and a fireplace. The interiors are functional but strongly dated, and the property needs meaningful modernization rather than being move-in ready; the setting is pleasant but no exceptional view is shown.
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€27,000 – €49,000
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.
- Clearly dated interiors and likely renovation needed throughout.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a four-bedroom house.
- Roof and main structure appear intact, but utilities and systems are not documented.
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 63/100The cluster is in the Ligurian Apennines, in the wooded and farmed hills around the upper Erro valley. The Erro stream and its side valleys shape the area, with chestnut woods, mixed forest and scattered hamlets typical of the inland Ovadese. The Alta Via dei Monti Liguri runs on the nearby main ridge, and the Monte Beigua massif and the Beigua Regional Natural Park lie just to the south-west, though the park core is not at the village itself. The nearest larger centres are Acqui Terme, with spa facilities and a substantial historic town, and Ovada, a market town with services. The area is known for woodland, small hill villages and the transition zone between Piedmont and Liguria.