Casa indipendente
Nel cuore di Borgofranco, in posizione centrale e comoda a tutti i principali servizi, proponiamo soluzione indipendente con ingresso su cortile privato impreziosito da una piacevole aiuola. L’immobile si sviluppa su più livelli. Al piano terra troviamo, sulla sinistra, una comoda cantina, mentre sulla destra si apre una prima cucina, ideale anche come tavernetta, con accesso al vano scala che...
What it really costs
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At €65,000 for 100 sqm, the ask is €650/sqm; assuming habitable condition from the central independent-house description and 25 photos, the effective cost is about €850/sqm including light updates. That sits well above this low-stock baseline of €467/sqm for Piemonte country houses, so it looks functional rather than cheap despite the central location and useful extras.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid, usable house with bright rooms, big covered terraces and a cheerful exterior, plus a private gravel courtyard. It looks move-in capable structurally, but the interiors are basic and somewhat dated, with limited charm and no standout view. At €65k for 100 sqm, the value helps, but it feels more practical than dreamy.
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€7,000 – €11,000
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 are clean but very plain, with little character.
- Kitchen appears incomplete/unfitted.
- View is modest and suburban rather than scenic.
- Ground-floor spaces may need updating to feel fully residential.
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 72/100The cluster sits at the entrance to the Dora Baltea valley, with the Biellese and Canavese foothills around it and the Pennine Alps rising farther up-valley. The Dora Baltea runs through this stretch of valley. The Mont Avic Natural Park lies just across the Valle d'Aosta border to the north, and the first Alpine valleys open within a few kilometres. The nearest ski lifts are in the Gressoney and Champorcher sides of Valle d'Aosta, reached in roughly an hour by car, so they are not part of the immediate setting. Ivrea is the nearest town of size, with a full service centre and a historic core; its industrial city of the 20th century is a UNESCO site. This area is known for the old route into Valle d'Aosta, for Romanesque churches and castles around the lower Dora Baltea, and for vine terraces on the valley sides, including the Carema wine area nearby.