Casale Del Bue
Casale Del Bue. Habitable, autonomo heating, caminetto, armadio a muro, balcone, impianto tv con parabola satellitare, parzialmente arredato, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €100,000 price is €435/m², and allowing roughly €46,000 for a habitable farmhouse brings the effective cost to about €635/m² versus €263/m² for comparable homes in the area. It has 27 photos and useful features including heating, fireplace, balcony and panoramic views, but the price is high for the location and the listing does not state the energy class or construction year.
More on the house and the area
A handsome, characterful stone farmhouse with shutters, balconies, fireplaces, mature garden, and a genuine wooded-hills panorama. The interiors are furnished and clearly habitable, with a working kitchen, heating, bathrooms, tiled floors, and abundant space rather than a renovation shell. At 230 sqm for €100,000, it has unusually strong dream-home value, though some updating and inspection are advisable.
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€15,000 – €26,000
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 bathroom is dated and shows visible wall cracking or moisture staining.
- Energy performance and roof/structural details are not documented in the listing.
- The large property and garden may require ongoing maintenance.
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 72/100This is the Monferrato hill country, with vine-covered ridges, mixed fields and small valleys. The Po lies to the north within roughly this radius, and the wider area is associated with the wine landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape. Moncalvo is a small hill town with basic services; Casale Monferrato is the nearest larger town and has a substantial historic centre, rail connections and fuller day-to-day services. The area is known for wine, hazelnuts and white truffle country across the Asti-Casale hills.