Casa indipendente in Frazione Borassi
Borassi - Val Borbera Il grande Lucio Battisti cantava: L'erba è alta ormai lo so, e dovrei potare il melo.. . Quanta polvere c'è, dentro casa è tutto un velo, la cucina guarda cos'è... Questa casa ha visto amore.. . Questa casa è tutta da bruciare.. . Se anche tu l'hai cantata leggendo, devi assolutamente vedere…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Wiring
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €10,900 asking price is very low, but the listing explicitly says the 75 m² house must be completely rebuilt. Estimated total cost is about €93,400 (€1,245/m²), well above the local €336/m² benchmark; the listing does not state its legal or structural condition in detail.
More on the house and the area
This is a sunny rural stone-and-plaster house with a small grassy garden, mountain surroundings, and attractive old timber roof beams. However, it is fundamentally a full renovation project: the upper level is unfinished and the existing interiors feel more like a basic communal room than a comfortable home. The €10,900 price is striking, but substantial work would be needed before it becomes genuinely livable.
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€30,000 – €44,000
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 listing explicitly says it is ready to be completely rebuilt.
- The upper floor is a raw former hayloft with exposed, aging roof structure.
- The interiors are utilitarian rather than a finished home, and the photos do not clearly verify bathroom or utility condition.
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 Ligurian Apennines, in the upper Curone valley near the passes that link south-east Piemonte with the Genoese side. The Curone and its side valleys shape the immediate landscape of wooded slopes, pasture and scattered hamlets. This area falls within the wider Appennino Piemontese landscape; the Alta Val Borbera and the Monte Ebro-Monte Chiappo ridge are nearby, with the protected area of the Parco Naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo farther west beyond the 15 km radius. The nearest small service centres are Cabella Ligure and, a bit farther, Arquata Scrivia and Tortona for fuller shops, rail links and services. The area is known for chestnut woods, mixed mountain farming and the old road connections between Piedmont and Liguria.