Rustico/casale in Via Castello
Rustico panoramico con sorgente privata e quasi diecimila metri quadrati di terreno. Un rifugio isolato in Valchiusella, raggiungibile solo a piedi, per chi cerca natura vera e silenzio. In Valchiusa, nella zona di Vico Canavese e più precisamente in frazione Avranco, proponiamo un rustico collabente immerso in un contesto naturale e panoramico, pensato per chi cerca un luogo autentico,...
What it really costs
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The listing explicitly says rustico collabente and it is reachable only on foot, which makes it a collapsed/derelict project with serious usability risk. At €9,000 plus roughly €88,000 renovation (€1,100/m² on 80 m²), the effective cost is about €1,213/m² versus a €263/m² baseline, so it is not actually cheap once restoration is included.
More on the house and the area
The mountain-valley setting is genuinely beautiful, with wide green views, lots of land and a very romantic old stone-rustic feel. But this is not a ready home: the photos show a collabente shell with primitive interiors, no bathroom, no functional kitchen and significant restoration needed. Dreamy as a retreat project, not yet a livable house.
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€32,000 – €47,000
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.
- Collabente ruin/shell with no bathroom or usable kitchen shown
- Interior appears very basic and damp, needing full renovation
- Access is only on foot
- Remote hillside setting may complicate utilities and works
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 68/100This area sits in the Canavese hills at the edge of the Alpine foreland, with the Graian Alps visible to the north and west. The Dora Baltea valley is nearby, and Ivrea is the nearest town of size, with services, a rail station and a substantial historic center. The Serra d'Ivrea, the long morainic ridge left by the ancient Balteo glacier, is one of the main landscape features of this part of Piemonte and lies within the surrounding area. The zone is known for wooded hills, small villages, vineyards and moraine landscapes rather than for a single monument or resort.