Casa bifamiliare
Casetta in centro ad Albugnano (AT) Nel cuore di Albugnano, proponiamo in vendita una casetta indipendente su tre lati da ristrutturare, ideale per chi cerca una soluzione con caratteristiche rustiche e una vista mozzafiato sulle colline circostanti. La proprietà si sviluppa su tre livelli e dispone anche di una corte…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €49,000 (€368/m²), the home is priced slightly above the local €345/m² benchmark before works. Since it explicitly needs renovation, estimated total costs rise to about €142,100, or €1,069/m², making this weak value despite its central location, views, and private outdoor space.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely characterful Piedmont townhouse with ornate original ceilings, exceptional patterned floors, exposed stone, balconies, and promised panoramic hill views. It is a real, roofed multi-level home with a bathroom and functioning rooms, but it needs meaningful renovation—especially the kitchen, finishes, systems, and likely moisture maintenance—so it is a strong project rather than a move-in-ready dream 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€26,000 – €47,000
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.
- Advertised as needing renovation; the kitchen is unfinished and the interiors show wear, damp/peeling areas, and dated systems.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a three-bedroom layout, and no clear modern heating or utility condition is established.
- The private courtyard is modest and somewhat rough rather than a polished garden.
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 67/100This is the north Monferrato hill country, with ridges of vineyards, woods and cultivated slopes between the Po plain and the lower Alps. The area sits close to the Romanesque abbey of Santa Maria di Vezzolano near Albugnano. Asti is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services, and Chieri is also nearby for everyday shopping and rail links toward Turin. This part of the Astigiano is known for wine, hazelnuts and mixed hill farming.