Villa unifamiliare in Lerma
LERMA, CENTRO PAESE, PROPONIAMO IN VENDITA TERRATETTO CON GIARDINO SU TRE PIANI IN BUONO STATO composta come segue: al piano terra garage e taverna; al primo piano ingresso in ampio e luminoso soggiorno, cucina e primo bagno; al secondo piano due camere da letto di cui una con balcone e secondo bagno. Completano la…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €85,000 for 160 sqm, the ask is €531/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €731/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €320/sqm. The house sounds genuinely livable (PVC double glazing, autonomous heating, 19 photos, no obvious contradictions), but on these numbers it is not a clear bargain despite the private garden and village-center setting.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
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 sits in the low hills of the Alto Monferrato near the upper valley of the Orba river. Within this area are wooded ridges, mixed farmland and small hill villages rather than a single dominant landmark. The Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo lies nearby in the Ligurian Apennines, with higher ground and walking country toward Voltaggio and Bosio. The nearest substantial town is Ovada, which has the main shops, services and rail links for the area. This part of southern Piemonte is known for wine hills and for ravioli associated with the Gavi and Ovada area.