Casa bifamiliare in Via Luciano Debernardi 19
In centro paese, casa semindipendente disposta su tre livelli da ristrutturare. Il piano terra è costituito dalla cucina e completano il piano un locale ripostiglio ed un bagno con vasca e finestra. Il piano primo accessibile mediante una scala in legno conduce alla zona notte. Questa conta di una camera da letto con accesso sul balcone che si estende lungo...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The house is explicitly described as da ristrutturare, so I estimate about €700/m² renovation; that makes the effective cost roughly €1,062/m² (€34,000 + works), well above the low stock baseline of €352/m². Still, 94 m² in the town center with balcony/garden/terrace and 28 photos makes it a plausible renovation project rather than a weak listing.
More on the house and the area
This has real appeal as a cheap little Piedmont village house with a long garden, green hillside outlook and a usable balcony. The house is not a ruin and has floors, stairs and a bathroom, but the interiors are tired and dated and need real refurbishment before it feels like a lovely home. The raw attic adds potential rather than immediate livability.
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 – €33,000
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.
- Needs full interior renovation/modernisation.
- Top floor appears unfinished/raw space.
- Exterior is plain rather than especially photogenic.
- Village-edge setting is pleasant but not dramatic or private.
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 68/100The Serra d’Ivrea, a long morainic ridge left by the Balteo glacier, runs through this area and shapes the local landscape of wooded hills, small lakes and cultivated slopes. Lago di Viverone lies within about 15 km to the southeast. The nearest larger centres are Ivrea and Biella, which provide the main services, stations and shopping. This part of the Canavese and Biellese is known for moraine landscapes, vineyards on the Serra and the Romanesque church complex at San Secondo di Magnano.