Casa indipendente in Vicolo Gatti 2
Casetta in centro a Gamalero, in una stradina silenziosa a pochi passi dalla piazza centrale con locali e servizi come la farmacia. Due piani dotati entrambi di bagno. Giardino di fronte molto bello e riservato. Terrazzo al secondo piano. Si tratta di un immobile da ristrutturare che presenta grandi potenzialità sia…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €70,000 (€438/m²), a full renovation estimated at about €1,100/m² brings the effective cost to roughly €1,538/m², far above the local €337/m² benchmark. Only one photo is provided, and the listing does not state the building year or energy performance.
More on the house and the area
A charming two-storey country house with a leafy grape-covered terrace, shutters, private front garden, and a pleasant village setting. At 160 sqm with two bathrooms, it appears to be a substantial real house rather than a shell, but the listing says it needs renovation and the single photo does not prove its interior livability.
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€63,000 – €94,000
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 property is explicitly described as needing renovation.
- Only one exterior photo is provided, so the interior condition, layout, and finishes cannot be verified.
- The garden appears attractive but modest, and there is no demonstrated panoramic view.
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 52/100The cluster sits in the flat to gently rolling countryside of the lower Bormida and Orba area, between the Monferrato hills and the plain around Alessandria. The Bormida runs a few kilometres east of Gamalero, and the Tanaro is also nearby in the wider Alessandria plain. Within about 15 km the main centres are Alessandria and Acqui Terme; Alessandria has the full range of city services and rail connections, while Acqui Terme is a spa town with a substantial historic centre. This part of Piemonte is known for mixed farming and for the wine landscape of the wider Monferrato area, but the core scenery around the village itself is ordinary lowland and cultivated fields rather than a singular named landscape.