Centro Paese - Terratetto da Ristrutturare
Centro Paese - Terratetto da Ristrutturare. Needs renovation, garage, esposizione esterna, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €10,000 the house looks extremely cheap, but a typical €700/m² renovation brings the estimated total to about €80,000, or €800/m²—well above the local €345/m² benchmark. Town-centre location, garage and 16 photos help, but the substantial renovation need makes this only a weak deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine 100 sqm townhouse with a roof, floors, bathroom, kitchen, garage, and some appealing old brickwork and traditional shutters. However, the interiors are heavily dated and affected by widespread damp, peeling finishes, and visible defects, so it is a renovation project rather than a move-in home. The €10,000 price is striking, but the photos do not show a special view, garden, or standout interior.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Substantial renovation is needed, including damp and peeling plaster throughout.
- Visible cracking and exposed masonry/wiring warrant a professional structural and technical inspection.
- The kitchen and bathroom are very dated, and utilities/heating condition is unclear.
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 52/100The area sits in the Scrivia valley at the meeting point between the lower Piedmont hills and the Ligurian Apennines. The Scrivia river runs through the valley. Within about 15 km are the wooded ridges and passes of the Appennino Ligure around Arquata Scrivia, Vignole Borbera and the Val Borbera side valleys. Libarna, the Roman archaeological site near Serravalle Scrivia, is the main local historic feature. Novi Ligure is the nearest larger town and has a substantial town centre and services. The landscape is known for valley-floor transport corridors and outlet-commercial development around Serravalle, with vineyard and hill country beginning nearby toward Gavi and the lower Apennine foothills.