Casa semindipendente in vendita a Isola del Cantone
Nel tranquillo borgo di Borlasca, immersa nel verde e nella quiete dell'entroterra, proponiamo una casa indipendente su tre lati con giardino di proprietà, ideale come seconda casa o come investimento per chi desidera una soluzione da personalizzare. Attualmente l'immobile è composto da due mini appartamenti,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Priced at 333 EUR/m2 vs regional baseline of 521 EUR/m2, a ~36% discount. Detached townhouse, 105 sqm, with private garden and land, fresh listing (2 days). Needs renovation but described as having a decent habitable base with contained works, not a ruin. 17 photos support transparency. Interior/rural entroterra location (no sea proximity) and 1900 build with unknown energy class cap the upside; renovation of two mini-apartments into one unit adds cost. Solid value-add opportunity rather than a diamond.
More on the house and the area
Detached three-sided townhouse in the quiet hamlet of Borlasca (Isola del Cantone), 105 sqm for EUR 35,000 (EUR 333/sqm). Exterior is a plain rendered village house with green shutters, partly patched plaster and a rocky slope pressing close behind it. Interiors are tired but sound: orange-painted rooms, terrazzo floors, a rusty old bathtub bathroom and a basic WC, plus a dated eat-in kitchen area. Currently two small independent apartments that could be merged. The main draw is the surrounding green setting and owned garden/land, with a pleasant leafy hilltop view from upper windows and a photogenic onion-domed church nearby. Nothing here truly stops the scroll: no dramatic interiors, no standout architecture, and the low price is offset by the renovation needed. Modest charm from the peaceful green location, but overall an ordinary fixer at a fair price.
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, €600/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€21,000 – €37,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Needs full renovation throughout (dated bathrooms, worn terrazzo floors, damp on ceilings)
- Two mini-apartments requiring unification work
- No sea access; deep inland Ligurian hamlet
- No energy class listed
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 56/100The cluster lies in the Scrivia valley at the meeting point of the Ligurian Apennines and the first hills south of the Po plain. The Scrivia river runs through the area. Within this radius the landscape is a mix of valley floor, wooded slopes and cultivated hills, with the Apennine ridges rising close by toward the Bocchetta and Giovi passes. Libarna, the Roman archaeological site near Serravalle Scrivia, is in the immediate area. Novi Ligure is the nearest larger town, with a full set of services and rail links, and Serravalle Scrivia is nearby. This part of southern Alessandria is known for being a transit corridor between Piedmont and Genoa and for mixed wine and farm country on the surrounding hills.