Casa indipendente in Via Alessandria
ALESSANDRIA NEL COMUNE DI FRUGAROLO Scopri questa affascinante casa indipendente situata a Frugarolo (AL), un'occasione straordinaria per chi cerca una proprietà con grande potenziale a un prezzo vantaggioso di soli €. 99.000 Una Struttura Versatile e Luminosa La casa si sviluppa su un unico piano abitativo con esposizione libera su tre lati, garantendo luminosità naturale in ogni ambiente....
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €99,000 for 90 sqm, the ask is about €1,100/sqm; assuming a needs-renovation country house from the vague 'great potential' wording, the effective cost is roughly €1,800/sqm including ~€700/sqm works. That is far above this stock baseline of €467/sqm in Piemonte, so despite 26 photos and an independent house with garden/parking, it looks ordinary-to-weak at this price.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, roofed and basically livable house rather than a ruin, with floors, heating and a bathroom already in place. But the wow factor is modest: the exterior is plain modern brick, the setting is ordinary, and the interiors feel empty and slightly neglected rather than charming. The small private garden adds some appeal, yet this looks more like a practical budget home than a dream Italian house.
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 – €32,000
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.
- Plain roadside setting with no notable view
- Garden is usable but currently scruffy and enclosed by basic fencing/walls
- Interior is habitable but unfinished-looking, with missing kitchen and a tired bathroom
- Low-ceiling attic/mezzanine space may have limited practical use
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 34/100The area is the flat plain of the Bormida and Orba between Alessandria and Novi Ligure, with fields, canals, roads and scattered industrial and logistics sites. The Bormida runs near Alessandria and the Orba is a little to the east. Alessandria is the nearest town of size, with full services, rail connections and the citadel. Toward Novi Ligure the area is known for mixed agriculture and for being on the edge of the wider Gavi wine zone, but the core landscape around Bosco Marengo is plain country rather than vineyard hills. Bosco Marengo itself is known for the large complex of Santa Croce and for its link to Pope Pius V.