Casa indipendente in Via Cairoli
NEL CUORE DEL CENTRO STORICO DI CAIRO MONTENOTTE UN IMMOBILE DALLE MOLTEPLICI POSSIBILITÀ, CON AMPIO GARAGE! Nel cuore del centro storico di Cairo Montenotte, in una delle caratteristiche vie laterali di Via Roma, proponiamo un immobile interessante per posizione, metratura e versatilità. La proprietà si sviluppa…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listing- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
Must be done first
- Damp
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The property is currently registered as C/2 magazzino/deposito, not as a dwelling, so residential use and conversion require verification and may not be legally possible. At €39,000 for 75 m², the estimated effective cost is about €1,420/m² after completing the interiors, well above the local €500/m² reference.
More on the house and the area
The colorful historic-center exterior, timber shutters, renewed facade, and tiled pedestrian street give this property genuine Italian character. However, the interior is essentially an unfinished open space plus garage, so it is a renovation project rather than a livable home today.
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€15,000 – €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.
- Interior is an unfinished open shell with bare concrete floors and no kitchen or finished living spaces.
- The property is currently registered as C/2 storage/deposit, not residential; habitation and conversion permissions must be verified.
- The large garage and central historic-street setting are positives, but substantial finishing and likely systems work are needed.
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 62/100The area sits in the Ligurian Apennines, on the upper Bormida valley between wooded hills and low mountain ridges. The Bormida di Spigno runs through the valley. The Parco naturale regionale di Piana Crixia lies nearby, known for the badlands landscape around the mushroom-shaped erosional column called the Fungo di Pietra. The nearest sea is the Savona coast, but it is beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. Cairo Montenotte is the nearest main town and has the services of a small inland centre with a historic core; the wider area is known for woodland, mixed farming and the Bormida valley routes linking Liguria and Piedmont.