Cascina/Casale in vendita a Arborio
Questa bellissima Cascina/Casale in Vendita a Arborio si trova in uno stato attuale libero al rogito, pronto per accogliere i suoi nuovi proprietari. Con una superficie totale di 200 metri quadrati disposti su più piani all'interno, troverete 6 luminosi locali, tra cui 3 camere da letto spaziose e confortevoli. Il…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 for 200 sqm, the house is €375/sqm; assuming habitable condition at about €200/sqm renovation, effective cost is roughly €575/sqm, well above the very low Piemonte farmhouse baseline of €263/sqm. The package includes extra outbuildings, but one barn is explicitly to be restored and the remote rural setup limits appeal, so this looks more fair than a standout bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable farmhouse rather than a shell, with tiled floors, bathrooms, a kitchen area, heating, and one genuinely attractive room with a soaring timber roof. It has some rustic character and a useful courtyard/garden plus lots of ancillary space, but the overall feel is practical agricultural compound more than dreamy Italian beauty. Good value for the size, though it would need cosmetic upgrading and exterior tidying to become truly desirable.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€13,000 – €22,000
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.
- Exterior and yard feel scruffy and not especially picturesque.
- Large barn/outbuilding areas need refurbishment and may dominate the setting.
- Interiors are habitable but dated, with some unfinished or awkward spaces.
- No real scenic view is shown; location appears flat and functional rather than romantic.
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 36/100The cluster lies on the eastern Piedmont plain in the rice-growing countryside between the Sesia valley and the Novara lowlands. The Sesia River runs a few kilometres east. Vercelli is the nearest provincial town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services; Novara is also within ordinary daily reach. This part of the province is known for irrigated rice fields, canals and very flat agricultural land.