Rustico/casale in Via Luciano Fiandesio 18
RUSTICO DA RISTRUTTURARE CON GIARDINO PRIVATO Rif: MARIO - SALUGGIA A Saluggia immerso nella tranquillità più totale ma in zona comoda ai servizi, proponiamo in vendita soluzione indipendente libera su tre lati con cortile privato. La casa, di circa 100 mq, si sviluppa su due livelli e si presenta composta nel seguente…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €29,000 asking price looks low at €290/m², but the rustico requires substantial renovation; estimated total cost is about €119,000, or €1,190/m² after works. This is far above the local €265/m² reference, so the apparent bargain is largely erased by renovation costs.
More on the house and the area
This old Piemonte farmhouse has genuine character, especially the covered arcade, vaulted brick cellar, tiled walls, and private courtyard. However, it is clearly a renovation project rather than a livable home: interiors are unfinished and deteriorated, with rubble, missing finishes, and no visible functional services. At €29,000 it is an appealing bargain for a restoration-minded buyer, but the condition limits the dream-home wow factor.
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, €900/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.
- Major renovation required: the interiors are raw, damaged, and not currently habitable.
- No usable bathroom or kitchen is evident in the photos; utilities and structural condition need verification.
- Courtyard and roof structures appear neglected, with rubble, weeds, and exposed masonry.
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 32/100The cluster sits on the low-lying Po plain around Livorno Ferraris in the Vercelli province. The immediate landscape (within ~15 km) is predominantly irrigated agricultural land, with extensive rice paddies, straight drainage canals and networked irrigation ditches. Fields are crossed by raised rural roads and by lines of poplars and scattered farmsteads (cascine). There are no mountains, lakes or coast within the local radius and no national or regional parks in the immediate area. Small towns and villages nearby supply basic shops and services; the provincial capital Vercelli (roughly 25–30 km away) is the nearest city of size and has railway connections and a historic town centre. The area is agriculturally focused and known regionally for rice cultivation.