Rustico/casale in Borgo San Francesco Benne
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What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description says this is a rural building currently registered as cadastral category D/10, with a stable at ground floor: that is a strong legal-use red flag for a dwelling. Even before any conversion risk, a full restore on 150 sqm would add about €165,000, making the €29,000 asking price irrelevant for a buyer seeking a livable home.
More on the house and the area
There is some rustic character in the brick structure, vaulted stable spaces and old timber roof, and the €29k price is eye-catching for the size. But this is not a livable home today: it is essentially a farm building/barn to be fully requalified, with raw agricultural interiors and no residential amenities visible. Dream value is limited unless you specifically want a major conversion project.
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€59,000 – €88,000
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.
- Full conversion project: currently a rural/agricultural building, not a ready home
- No bathroom or kitchen shown
- Upper floor is raw open barn space with exposed structure
- Basic village-edge setting with no notable views
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 52/100The cluster lies in the Canavese area at the edge of the Po plain, with the Graian Alps visible to the north and west. The Malone stream runs through Front and joins the Orco nearby; the Orco valley opens toward the lower Alpine valleys around Rivarolo Canavese and Cuorgnè. The nearest town of some size is Ciriè, with rail links, shops and services, and Rivarolo Canavese is the main small centre for the upper Canavese plain. Turin is the main city for work and transport, but it is outside the immediate landscape. This part of northern Canavese is known for mixed farming, small industrial settlements and villages spread between fields and low wooded rises.