Casale C.so Valentino vendesi appartamento ad euro 65.000
Casale Monferrato, Corso Valentino, in zona comoda a tutti i servizi, in via chiusa e lontana dal traffico, vendesi luminoso appartamento posto al secondo piano servito da ascensore. Si compone di ingresso con portoncino blindato, soggiorno, cucinino, due camere da letto, servizio, vano ripostiglio, tre balconi.…
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
Habitable 3-room apartment at 663 EUR/m2, almost exactly the regional median (650), so priced at market with no discount. Positives: elevator, 3 balconies, cellar, double-glazed windows, AC, armored door, 22 photos, fresh listing (5 days). Negatives: energy class F implies higher running costs and modest efficiency upgrades; no building year given. Light modernization only (~200 EUR/m2) since already habitable. No red flags—solid but not a bargain.
More on the house and the area
Standard second-floor apartment in a dated Casale Monferrato condominium. Exterior is a tired yellow block with peeling render. Interiors are habitable but visibly outdated—dark wood doors, flagstone floors, old bathroom and kitchen tiling. Three balconies but views are onto neighboring buildings and asphalt. Nothing visually distinctive; a practical, affordable flat rather than a scroll-stopper.
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€7,000 – €11,000
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.
- Dated 1960s-70s condominium block with worn facade
- Interior fully dated: flagstone/marble floors, old wall tiling, needs updating
- Energy class F
- Urban views onto adjacent buildings and parking lots
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 area sits in the Monferrato hills, with low vine-covered ridges and cultivated slopes around the Po plain. The Po runs by Casale Monferrato, and the river landscape is part of daily life on the edge of town. To the north and west, within this part of Monferrato, there are vineyard hills, small hill villages and wine country tied to the Monferrato name. Casale Monferrato is the main town nearby and has a substantial historic centre, services, and major churches and civic buildings. Monferrato degli Infernot, a UNESCO World Heritage wine landscape, lies in this wider hill area and is associated with the stone cellars cut into the pietra da cantoni. The area is known for wine production, especially Barbera and Grignolino, and for rice country beginning out into the flatter lands toward Vercelli.