Casa indipendente in Via Piazzo 1
casa semi-indipendente disposta su tre livelli, ideale per chi desidera realizzare una soluzione abitativa personalizzata o un interessante investimento immobiliare. L'immobile conserva il fascino delle costruzioni canavesane di un tempo, con ambienti spaziosi, soffitti con travi in legno e locali accessori che offrono…
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
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €40,000 (€267/m²), the purchase price looks low, but the house explicitly needs substantial renovation; estimated all-in cost is about €145,000, or €967/m². That is far above the local comparable level of roughly €336/m², making this a weak renovation investment despite its central location and generous size.
More on the house and the area
This is an authentic Canavese village house with historic façades, shutters, tiled floors, exposed timber elements and a pleasant central setting. It is a real, roofed home with furnished living areas, but the worn interiors, raw storage rooms and dated systems make it a substantial renovation project rather than a move-in dream home.
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€30,000 – €53,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, especially the unfinished upper-level rooms and service areas.
- Energy class G implies high running costs and likely insulation/heating upgrades.
- Only one bathroom is shown/listed for a large six-room house; no garden or meaningful view is evident.
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 66/100The Canavese plain meets the first morainic hills of the Serra d'Ivrea here, the long glacial ridge that runs south of Ivrea. The Dora Baltea flows through the Ivrea area a few kilometres away. Lago Sirio and the other small glacial lakes around Ivrea are within this radius. Ivrea is the nearest town of size, with a full set of services and a substantial historic centre. Ivrea is on the UNESCO list for the 20th-century industrial city built by Olivetti. The area is known for the morainic landscape of the Canavese and for Ivrea's Olivetti heritage.