Villa unifamiliare in Montacuto
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Abitazione indipendente con annessa area esclusiva e fabbricati accessori. - Frazione Montacuto, Simplex Domus aiuta famiglie e aziende a comprare immobili all’asta tramite avvocati specializzati ed esperti di mutuo. Comprare un immobile all’asta è un’ottima opportunità…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Judicial auction listing ('ASTA IMMOBILIARE') is an automatic veto for this catalog, regardless of the low ask. Even assuming habitable condition, the effective cost is about €421/m² (€36,300 + ~€32,800 renovation over 164 m²), but the auction status drives the score to trap.
More on the house and the area
There is some rustic charm in the stone-and-plaster farmhouse exterior and the overgrown rural setting. But the photos show a bare, heavily neglected shell with open barn-like spaces, debris, and compromised roof sections rather than a usable home. At this price it is cheap for the size, yet it reads as a major restoration project, not a place you could realistically move into.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- Interiors appear gutted/open and not currently livable
- Part of the structure/roof looks deteriorated or partially open
- No bathroom or fitted kitchen is visible in the photos
- Auction listing with sparse details, so legal/technical due diligence is essential
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 is in the Curone valley in the Ligurian Apennines, with wooded ridges and pasture on the slopes. The Curone stream runs through this part of the valley. This area falls within the wider Appennino Piemontese landscape on the border with Liguria and Lombardy. The nearest substantial town is Tortona, which provides the main rail links, shops and services for the upper valley. The area is known for hill farming, chestnut woods and small stone hamlets of the upper valley.