Rustico in Olcenengo
Immersa nella quiete della campagna, ma a soli 10 minuti d'auto da Vercelli e Santhià, casa indipendente sviluppata su un unico livello. All'ingresso troviamo una tavernetta, seguita da una spaziosa cucina, un luminoso soggiorno, un angolo cottura con affaccio su un pratico tinello, due camere da letto matrimoniali e…
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
At €39,000 for 500 sqm, the asking price is just €78/sqm versus a €263/sqm local baseline; even adding a typical 'needs renovation' budget of about €700/sqm, the huge size and very low entry price make it a strong value play for a habitable farmhouse project. The text describes an actual dwelling with 27 photos and no legal-use red flags, though the many outbuildings/animal shelters mean part of the 500 sqm may be non-residential space.
More on the house and the area
This is a big, genuinely usable farmhouse complex rather than a ruin, with extensive outdoor space and lots of practical square meters for the money. But the photos show plain, dated interiors with grime, damp marks and ad-hoc utility spaces, so the dream factor is modest until significant renovation is done. It feels more like a functional countryside project than a beautiful ready-to-love Italian 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€99,000 – €176,000
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.
- Interiors need substantial renovation and modernization.
- Visible damp/mold staining in some rooms.
- The setting is flat rural countryside with no notable view.
- Large outbuildings/animal shelters may add maintenance and legal-check complexity.
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 32/100This is flat Po plain country in the Vercelli rice-growing area, with irrigation canals, fields and scattered farmsteads across a largely level landscape. Vercelli is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic centre, services and rail connections. The area is known for rice cultivation.