Villa unifamiliare in Borgo San Martino
Villa unifamiliare in Borgo San Martino. Habitable, garage, cucina, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €24,000 (€74/m²), the apparent bargain is largely offset by estimated habitable-condition work of about €64,800, bringing the effective cost to roughly €274/m² versus a €279/m² local benchmark. The villa has 17 photos and a garage, but the listing does not say how many bathrooms it has or provide energy and construction details.
More on the house and the area
A surprisingly substantial 324 sqm villa for €24,000, with an attractive historic façade, arched shutters, balconies, a grand marble staircase, and multiple usable rooms. It appears to be a real, furnished and habitable home rather than a shell, though the interiors are heavily dated and the rear garden/courtyard needs attention.
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€21,000 – €36,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but distinctly dated and cluttered, with likely cosmetic and systems upgrades needed.
- The rear outdoor area appears neglected and the ground-floor frontage has large roller shutters facing the street.
- Bathroom count and utilities are unclear from the listing facts, despite bathrooms being visible in the photos.
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 58/100The cluster sits in the low Monferrato hills, with vineyard and cereal country around the villages and no mountain landscape inside the immediate area. The Po is north of here and the Tanaro runs farther south toward Alessandria, but the setting around Mirabello Monferrato is mainly rolling agricultural ground rather than a marked river landscape. Casale Monferrato is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services; Alessandria is also close for wider shopping and rail connections. This part of Monferrato is known for wine country and mixed farming, with the wider Monferrato UNESCO wine landscape lying in the region but not centred on this immediate low-hill area.