Casa bifamiliare
Soluzione semi indipendente situata in una tranquilla frazione del comune di Valdilana, con ampio giardino, ottima esposizione e vista aperta. L'accesso è comodo con possibilità di ricoverare l'auto nell'ampio box. La casa si sviluppa su due livelli e si presta perfettamente anche ad un utilizzo bifamiliare. Al piano…
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 €50,000 asking price is €286/m², but allowing roughly €35,000 for updating a large older townhouse brings the effective cost to about €486/m², above the local €345/m² comparison level. The private 500 m² garden, garage, panoramic setting and good stated condition add value, but do not fully offset the premium.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable, well-kept home with a large private garden, generous outdoor terraces, and a beautiful panorama over wooded Piedmont mountains and a hillside village with a church tower. The interiors are practical rather than luxurious, but the property appears move-in ready, making the €50,000 price especially compelling for the space and setting.
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€12,000 – €20,000
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 one bathroom is shown for a large seven-bedroom home.
- The garden is spacious but currently quite overgrown and the exterior/yard could use cosmetic refreshing.
- Energy performance, exact systems, and legal conformity are not documented in the listing facts.
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 72/100The cluster is in the Biellese prealps, on the forested slopes above the Cervo and Sessera valleys. The Sessera stream and the Panoramica Zegna road are part of the immediate area, and the upper valley rises toward the Bielmonte side of the mountains. The Oasi Zegna protected area lies within this part of Valdilana and is the main named landscape feature nearby. The nearest ski lifts are at Bielmonte, roughly 20–30 minutes by road depending on the exact hamlet. Biella is the nearest town of size, with full services and a historic upper town. This area is known for the historic wool-textile industry of the Biella district and for the Zegna mountain estate.