Terratetto plurifamiliare in Zubiena
In centro paese, casa semindipendente disposta su tre livelli da ristrutturare. Il piano terra è costituito dalla cucina e completano il piano un locale ripostiglio ed un bagno con vasca e finestra. Il piano primo accessibile mediante una scala in legno conduce alla zona notte. Questa conta di una camera da letto con…
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
The main house is explicitly 'da ristrutturare', so I estimate about €700/m² renovation; that puts the effective cost around €1,062/m² (€34k + ~€65.8k works on 94 m²), far above the local baseline of €350/m². Positives are the private courtyard, fenced 370 m² land and extra deposit buildings, but those outbuildings are not valued as living space and the low asking price alone does not make it a bargain after works.
More on the house and the area
This has a nice village-edge position with green hillside views, a long fenced garden, and enough outdoor space to feel like a real home project rather than just a box in a lane. The main house is roofed and basically usable in layout, but it is clearly tired and needs renovation, while the extra buildings are more rustic storage spaces than ready accommodation. At €34k the land and potential help the dream, but this is a work-needed property, not an instant wow home.
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€18,000 – €33,000
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.
- Main house needs real renovation and updating throughout.
- Interiors look worn and partly unused, with basic/dated bathroom and no attractive finished kitchen shown.
- Upper outbuildings are storage/barn-type spaces, not ready living area.
- Village-edge setting is pleasant but the house itself is visually plain.
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 Serra d’Ivrea, a long morainic ridge left by the Balteo glacier, runs through this area and shapes the local landscape of wooded hills, small lakes and cultivated slopes. Lago di Viverone lies within about 15 km to the southeast. The nearest larger centres are Ivrea and Biella, which provide the main services, stations and shopping. This part of the Canavese and Biellese is known for moraine landscapes, vineyards on the Serra and the Romanesque church complex at San Secondo di Magnano.