Casa bifamiliare in Via Centro 11
Cerchi un rifugio di pace nella natura, questa porzione di terra cielo a Cravagliana, nella suggestiva Val Mastallone è un soluzione ottimale per allontanarsi dal caos cittadino. L'immobile si sviluppa su più livelli ed è cosi composto: Ps - cantina e ripostiglio, Pt - cucina/soggiorno e ripotiglio - 1P camera, bagno (esterno) e balcone.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 for 46 sqm, the asking price is €761/sqm; with a likely renovation budget of about €700/sqm for an older multi-level house with external bathroom and storage spaces, the effective cost is about €1,461/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €353/sqm. The mountain setting is attractive, but the layout and external bathroom make it more of a basic renovation project than a standout bargain.
More on the house and the area
This has real mountain-village charm: a sweet multi-level facade with balconies, greenery and a genuinely beautiful Val Mastallone setting. It looks like a solid, usable little house rather than a ruin, but the practical side is basic and compromised by the external bathroom and very limited interior evidence. Dreamy as a simple nature retreat, less convincing as an easy full-time 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€9,000 – €16,000
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.
- Bathroom appears to be external/off the balcony rather than fully internal.
- Interior condition is largely unshown, so everyday livability is hard to verify.
- Small 46 sqm layout over multiple levels may feel cramped and stair-heavy.
- Garden/green space looks pleasant but modest and a bit overgrown.
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 cluster is in the upper Val Sessera/Val Mastallone side of the Valsesia area, with the Pennine Alps close by and steep wooded mountain slopes around the villages. The Sesia valley system is the main landscape reference of this part of northern Vercelli province, with the river further east down the valley. The Alta Valsesia e Alta Val Strona regional park is nearby in the upper valley system. The nearest ski area is Alagna Valsesia on Monte Rosa, roughly an hour by mountain road, so it is not part of the immediate landscape. Varallo is the nearest town of size, with services and the Sacro Monte di Varallo UNESCO site. This area is known for alpine valleys, small stone-built hamlets and woodland-pasture landscapes rather than for a single nationally famous landmark within the immediate radius.