Casa indipendente in citta'
5 BUONI MOTIVI PER ACQUISTARLA: 1) INDIPENDENTE SU TRE LATI 2) 150 MQ DA PERSONALIZZARE 3) CORTILE, BOX E TETTOIA 4) AMPIO TERRAZZO 5) RISCALDAMENTO AUTONOMO In città, in posizione comoda ai principali servizi, proponiamo casa indipendente libera su tre lati, completamente da ristrutturare, ideale per chi desidera…
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 €79,000 for 150 sqm, the ask is €527/sqm, but the home is described as completely to be renovated, so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation; effective cost is roughly €1,627/sqm, far above the local baseline of €322/sqm. Positives like independence, terrace, garage and many photos help, but the ex-bakery ground floor and the disclaimer about no urbanistic/cadastral validity add verification risk.
More on the house and the area
This is a big, real house rather than a ruin: roofed, floored and with usable volumes, plus a private courtyard, garage and covered terrace space. Its appeal is modest old-house character and potential, not beauty or views, and the interiors clearly need substantial renovation before it feels like a dream home. The former bakery adds flexibility, but this is more a practical project than a scroll-stopping Italian fantasy.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€59,000 – €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.
- Needs full renovation and modernization throughout
- Only one bathroom shown/listed for a 150 sqm house
- Courtyard and terrace are functional but not especially scenic
- Former bakery/commercial area may require layout and permit checks for full residential conversion
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 38/100This is flat rice-country on the western Novara plain, between the Sesia and Ticino river systems, with a landscape of paddies, irrigation canals, farmsteads and long straight roads. The Sesia runs a few kilometres west of Vinzaglio, and the Cavour Canal crosses this part of the plain. The nearest larger towns are Novara and Vercelli, both with full services and rail links. The area is known for rice cultivation in the Bassa Novarese and Vercellese.