Casale/cascina in Viale San Euseo, 2, Serravalle Sesia,
Proponiamo in vendita rustico in centro paese con giardino privato, con ottima esposizione su tutti i lati dell'immobile. La proprietà è composta da rustico di piano, con cantine, legnaia a piano terra e sottotetto all'ultimo piano. E' da ristrutturare senza impianto di riscaldamento ma presenti solo camini a legna…
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
At €49,000 for 250 sqm, the ask is only €196/sqm, but with a realistic renovation budget of about €700/sqm the effective cost is roughly €896/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €263/sqm for Piemonte farmhouses. The price is cheap upfront, but the text says full renovation is needed with no heating and outdated electrics; central village location and private garden support the score.
More on the house and the area
This has the bones of a classic Piedmont village farmhouse: a handsome façade, arched passage, big roof volume and a walled private garden. But it is not a ready home as shown—upper interiors are bare rustic spaces and the property needs substantial renovation and new systems. The charm and size are real for the price, yet the current livability is limited.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€50,000 – €88,000
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.
- Full renovation needed; interiors shown are raw/unfinished upper spaces.
- No heating system is installed.
- Likely outdated electrics and services need replacement.
- Outdoor areas are pleasant but currently scruffy and basic.
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 cluster lies in the lower foothills between the Biellese and Valsesia, with the pre-Alpine ridges rising to the north and northwest. The Sessera valley and the river area around the upper plain are part of the local landscape, and the Parco Naturale del Monte Fenera is within this radius. The nearest substantial mountain skiing is around Alpe di Mera above Scopello, roughly an hour by road, so it is not an immediate landscape feature. Borgosesia is the nearest town of size, with shops and services, and Biella is the larger provincial centre in the wider area. This part of northern Piemonte is known for wooded hills, scattered hamlets, and the transition from vineyard and farm country into the pre-Alpine valleys.