Terratetto unifamiliare in Lessona
Terratetto unifamiliare in Lessona. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, balcone, terrazzo.
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €96,000 (€738/m²), this habitable 130 m² townhouse is priced at more than twice the local €345/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €26,000 for normal habitable-property works brings the effective cost to about €938/m². Garage, balcony and terrace add appeal, but not enough to justify the premium.
More on the house and the area
A distinctive, photogenic Piemonte townhouse with a charming tower-like upper section, wooden shutters, balconies, a terrace, small garden, and substantial traditional character inside. The house is genuinely usable rather than a renovation shell, with a functioning kitchen, furnished bedrooms, heating, and solid finished floors, though it would benefit from cosmetic updating.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€9,000 – €14,000
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.
- The interiors are clearly habitable but dated, with old furnishings, wallpaper, and finishes.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a 130 sqm, three-bedroom house.
- The home is directly on a residential street, and no major landscape view is shown.
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 68/100The cluster is in the eastern Biellese, on the first hills between the Cervo and Sesia basins, with the Pennine Alps visible to the north and the lower Serra moraine ridge and rice plain toward Vercelli to the south. The Sessera valley and the Colline Biellesi are within the local landscape, and the Baraggia plateau lies nearby, a heath-and-pasture area unusual in Piedmont. The nearest town of size is Biella, which has full services and a historic upper town at Biella Piazzo. Ricetto di Candelo, a preserved medieval fortified shelter-village, is within the area. The area is known for small hill vineyards around Lessona and Bramaterra and for the transition from pre-alpine foothills to the Vercelli plain.