Rustico/casale in Frazione Dall'Acqua
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €18,000 the headline price is only €64/m², but the main building is completely to renovate; estimated total works bring the effective cost to roughly €1,164/m², far above the local €265/m² benchmark. The listing also conflicts on size, stating 280 m² in the property data versus about 200 m² in the description.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly characterful early-19th-century farmhouse with terracotta roofs, exposed brick and stone, balconies, a terrace, and a private green setting. However, the main building is a substantial renovation project rather than a ready home: some rooms are usable and furnished, but much of the property consists of worn or unfinished spaces and agricultural outbuildings.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€111,000 – €164,000
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 main farmhouse is explicitly completely to be renovated, with visibly deteriorated plaster, aging balconies and extensive unfinished agricultural spaces.
- Only one bathroom is shown/listed for a large 280 sqm property; kitchen and full utilities should be verified.
- The roof appears present, but the condition of the timber structures and the second building requires a professional inspection.
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 68/100The cluster is in the eastern Biellese, on the first hills between the Cervo and Sesia basins, with the Pennine Alps visible to the north and the lower Serra moraine ridge and rice plain toward Vercelli to the south. The Sessera valley and the Colline Biellesi are within the local landscape, and the Baraggia plateau lies nearby, a heath-and-pasture area unusual in Piedmont. The nearest town of size is Biella, which has full services and a historic upper town at Biella Piazzo. Ricetto di Candelo, a preserved medieval fortified shelter-village, is within the area. The area is known for small hill vineyards around Lessona and Bramaterra and for the transition from pre-alpine foothills to the Vercelli plain.