Rustico/casale in Via Trieste 10
Gattinara - In posizione centralissima e soleggiata - disponiamo di particolare fabbricato al rustico, attualmente composto da ampio locale al piano terra con porticato esterno oltre a sedime di proprietà esclusiva delimitato da antico muro in pietra caratteristico del centro storico. La copertura del tetto è stata…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This unfinished 45 m² shell costs about €2,189/m² after an estimated €49,500 renovation, versus roughly €265/m² for comparable local stock. Its central historic setting and recently reviewed roof help, but the description presents it as a potential project rather than a livable home and omits key habitability details.
More on the house and the area
The property has appealing old-world character, including a traditional tiled roof, exposed timber, weathered brick, and an enclosed courtyard with an antique stone wall. However, it is currently a raw, non-livable farmhouse shell with no bathroom or finished accommodation, so the charm is mainly renovation potential rather than an immediately usable home.
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€18,000 – €27,000
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.
- This is an unfinished rustic shell with no bathroom, kitchen, or finished living areas.
- The interiors show bare concrete floors, exposed services, deteriorated plaster, and substantial renovation needs.
- Renovation scope, permits, and utility connections should be verified despite the property being described as urbanized.
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 63/100The area sits in the northern Piedmont plain at the foot of the Monte Fenera hills, with the lower Sesia valley and the Novara rice plain nearby. The Sesia river runs a few kilometres east. Monte Fenera Regional Natural Park lies within reach of the village area and is the main local landscape feature, with wooded limestone hills and cave systems. To the north and west the first Alpine chain is visible, and the Monte Rosa massif dominates the wider horizon in clear weather, but the main high-mountain resorts are farther up the Valsesia. Borgomanero is the nearest larger town, with the usual services and rail links; Novara is the main city of the province farther south. Ghemme is known for its DOCG red wine, and the surrounding landscape includes vineyards mixed with woodland and fields.