Casa di paese in Via Forni, 9, Sassello,
Interessante casa di paese situata nel cuore di Sassello, un'opportunità imperdibile per chi desidera investire in un immobile con grande potenziale. Sviluppata su tre livelli, questa proprietà offre ampi spazi e una superficie totale di 150 mq, perfetta per chi cerca una soluzione da personalizzare secondo i propri…
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 €100,000 for 151 sqm, the ask is about €662/sqm, but the home explicitly needs deep renovation; using ~€900/sqm renovation puts the effective cost near €1,562/sqm. That is far above the Liguria farmhouse baseline of €439/sqm, so despite the central Sassello location and usable spaces, this looks weak at this price.
More on the house and the area
The setting has some appeal: a pretty Ligurian village street and a simple historic town-house feel with old shutters, arches and worn stone floors. But this is not a ready dream home—it's a large, tired house needing substantial renovation, with basic gloomy interiors and little visible decorative wow. Good size and low €/m² help, yet the lived-in beauty is modest right now.
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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€30,000 – €53,000
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.
- Deep renovation needed throughout
- Interiors are dark and outdated with unclear bathroom/kitchen usability
- No visible views, terrace, or private outdoor space
- Town-center access and parking may be limited despite the garage/magazzino
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 74/100The Ligurian Apennines surround Sassello, with wooded ridges and passes inside the Beigua massif. The Beigua Regional Nature Park lies directly around the area, and the Beigua massif is also part of the UNESCO Global Geopark. The upper courses of streams that descend either toward the Ligurian coast or toward the Bormida valley shape the local terrain. The nearest ski area is at Prato Nevoso in the Maritime Alps, well beyond the local 15 km radius and not part of the immediate landscape. Acqui Terme is the nearest larger town of note inland, while Savona and Genoa provide the main coastal services farther away. Sassello is known for chestnut woods and for amaretti production.