Rustico con Tettoia – Villata
Nel comune di Villata, in contesto tranquillo e caratteristico, proponiamo in vendita un rustico semindipendente disposto su due livelli, completamente da ristrutturare, ideale per chi desidera personalizzare la propria casa o realizzare un investimento su misura. L'immobile si sviluppa su due piani. Gli spazi interni…
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 €15,000 for 49 sqm, the ask is €306/sqm, but the description says completely to be renovated, so a full-restore estimate of about €1,100/sqm is appropriate; effective cost is therefore about €1,406/sqm. Against a low-stock baseline of €263/sqm for similar Piemonte listings, this is not a discount once renovation is included, and the lack of a bathroom plus only 6 photos make it a weak proposition.
More on the house and the area
This has a modest rustic farmhouse feel, with an old balcony, rough plaster and a simple brick outbuilding adding some character. But it is clearly a full renovation project rather than a livable home: the rooms are bare, worn and damp-marked, with no bathroom and no real finished interior appeal yet. At €15k it is cheap, but the wow is limited by condition and a very ordinary setting.
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€19,000 – €29,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated; currently not a usable home.
- No bathroom is shown and the listing states 0 baths.
- Interiors show damp/peeling walls and very basic unfinished spaces.
- Courtyard setting is plain, with no view or notable private outdoor amenity.
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 38/100This is the flat rice plain of the eastern Piedmont lowlands, between the Sesia and Po river systems, with canals, irrigation ditches and large rectangular fields that define the landscape around Borgo Vercelli. The Sesia runs a few kilometres west of the village. Vercelli is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre, services and rail connections. The area is known for risicoltura, especially the paddy fields of the Vercelli plain.