Mansarda in Cesana Torinese
Mansarda in Cesana Torinese. Habitable, autonomo heating, arredato.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Habitable and furnished with autonomous heating, but the estimated effective cost is about €1,600/m² (€80,000 including renovation) versus a local benchmark of €672/m². Cesana Torinese is a valuable mountain location, yet this remains substantially overpriced for a 50 m² apartment.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely habitable, furnished mansard in a characterful Alpine village, with an exceptional mountain backdrop and traditional stone-and-wood surroundings. The interior is practical and well maintained, including a functioning kitchen and bathroom, but its dated style, compact layout and low roofline keep it below dream-home level.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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.
- The mansard has extensive low/sloping ceilings, limiting usable space.
- Interiors are clean and habitable but dated, with old furnishings and finishes.
- It appears to be a compact one-room apartment rather than a conventional one-bedroom home.
- No private garden or terrace is shown.
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 86/100The cluster sits in the Val di Susa within the Cottian Alps. The Dora Riparia runs down the valley floor below. Ski lifts and downhill pistes serve Sauze d'Oulx directly and the local lift network is linked into the Via Lattea (Milky Way) ski domain. The Via Lattea connects Sauze d'Oulx with Sestriere and Claviere and crosses into France at Montgenèvre; Sestriere was a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Oulx is the nearest town with a railway station on the Turin–Bardonecchia line, providing regional trains to Turin and onward to France. The area is used for winter skiing and for summer hiking and mountain biking tied to the lift network.