Appartamento - Asti
Appartamento - Asti. cantina.
What it really costs
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €37,500 (€469/m²), the asking price is about 30% below the local €672/m² benchmark. However, the listing gives no condition, bathrooms, energy rating, or livability details; allowing roughly €700/m² for an unspecified renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,169/m², weakening the deal substantially.
More on the house and the area
This is a standard urban apartment in Asti, with a pleasant elevated view toward a nearby church and historic rooftops. The building appears maintained from the exterior, but the lack of interior images and the missing bathroom information make it impossible to confirm that it is a genuinely 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€16,000 – €28,000
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.
- No interior photos, so livability and finish are unverified.
- Bathroom count is listed as 0 and the condition is unspecified.
- Urban apartment building with street-level commercial surroundings and no visible private outdoor space.
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 setting is an urban plain-and-hill edge rather than open countryside. The Tanaro valley runs through this part of Piemonte, with vineyard hills of the Monferrato beginning around the city. Asti is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre with medieval towers, churches and regular services, but this does not remove the urban cap. The wider area is known for wine, especially Barbera and other Monferrato and Astigiano production.