Pinerolo
In zona collinare di Costagrande, con vista panoramica sul versante di Roletto, fabbricato immerso nel bosco, con ultimo tratto di strada sterrata. La location ha un'ampia metratura di circa 600 mq ed è suddivisa in un immobile bifamigliare in fase di costruzione, composto da due appartamenti bilivello entrambi…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingRenovatedSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Priced at 113 EUR/m2 vs baseline median 264, so nominally ~57% below market—attractive on paper. But condition 'Renovated' contradicts the description: the bifamiliare is 'in fase di costruzione' (under construction) and the adjacent casolare-rustico is 'completamente da ristrutturare' (completely to be renovated). So it is not currently habitable and needs significant work. Access via unpaved road (strada sterrata) and remote wooded location reduce liquidity. Energy class, rooms, and true finished sqm are unclear (700 vs ~600 quoted). The low price reflects unfinished/rustic state rather than a bargain. Budget ~500 EUR/m2 to complete construction and renovate the rustico. Fair rather than good given the substantial completion costs and contradictory condition labeling.
More on the house and the area
An unfinished two-family shell plus a derelict rustico set in woodland near Pinerolo. Despite the 'Renovated' label, the six photos reveal raw concrete pillars, unplastered brick, empty window openings and a collapsing older wing overgrown with vegetation. The main appeal is the natural, secluded hillside setting with panoramic potential and 1,100 sqm of land, but there is no stunning interior or exterior wow — it reads as a heavy renovation project. The low €113/m2 across 700 sqm offers value only to a buyer ready for major work, not a scroll-stopping visual.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€81,000 – €137,000
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.
- Description claims 'Renovated' but photos and text show shell/unfinished construction and a rustico completely to be renovated
- Bare concrete and brick structure, no finished interiors shown
- One section is a decaying ruin with crumbling plaster
- Dirt-road access, no bathroom count reliable (0 beds 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 61/100The cluster is on the plain at the foot of the Cottian Alps, with the Val Chisone and Val Pellice opening just to the west. The Chisone runs through Pinerolo and the Pellice is nearby. The Po plain begins immediately east of town. The nearest ski lifts are in the upper Val Chisone around Pragelato and Sestriere, roughly an hour or more by road, so they are outside the immediate landscape. Pinerolo is the main town locally and has a substantial historic centre, arcaded streets, services, schools and a cathedral. Turin is the nearest large city for higher-order services and transport, but it lies beyond the immediate 15 km setting. The area is known for its position between the plain and the Alpine valleys, for cavalry and military history, and for foothill agriculture and livestock in the surrounding countryside.