Casa di campagna
PRALORMO: Immagina di rientrare dal lavoro e trovare solo silenzio e profumo di natura. Niente traffico, niente difficoltà a trovare parcheggio, zero rumori molesti, nessun vicino che urla. Immagina una grigliata estiva con gli amici all'ombra di un pergolato, i bambini che corrono liberi in giardino o si riparano…
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 €95,000 for 189 sqm, the ask is €503/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €703/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €352/sqm in Piemonte townhouses. Big size, private garden and immediate livability help, but on these numbers it screens above baseline rather than discounted.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable country house with a broad rural setting, open field views and a decent private plot. The condition looks solid and genuinely habitable, with a finished staircase, intact roof and lived-in rooms, but the style is quite dated and the architecture is more practical than dreamy. Good value for the size and setting, though the wow comes more from the countryside than from the house itself.
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€13,000 – €21,000
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.
- Exterior is plain rather than especially characterful
- Interiors shown are dated and will likely need cosmetic updating
- Only one bathroom for a 189 sqm house
- Semi-attached/attached setting, so not fully isolated despite the rural feel
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 78/100The cluster sits in the Roero hills, a landscape of vineyard ridges, small woods and cultivated slopes between the Tanaro plain and the Langhe. The Tanaro river runs nearby below the hills. This is part of the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato UNESCO wine landscape. Alba is the nearest substantial town, with a full service centre, a historic core and the main market and rail connections for the area. The area is known for wine, especially Roero and nearby Barolo and Barbaresco zones, and for white truffles around Alba.