Casa Indipendente in vendita a San Colombano Belmonte
Casa semindipendente con giardino privato e vista aperta – San Colombano BelmonteNel verde delle colline di San Colombano Belmonte, proponiamo in vendita una casa semindipendente da personalizzare, ideale per chi desidera vivere in un contesto tranquillo, circondato dalla natura e lontano dal traffico cittadino.La…
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
Price is €29,000 for 143 sqm (€203/sqm); with moderate finishing/update costs estimated at ~€350/sqm from 'da personalizzare' and partial past renovations, effective cost is about €553/sqm. That is still well above the local cheap-stock baseline of €353/sqm, but the large house size, private fenced garden and panoramic setting make it a strong low-entry-price renovation play rather than a trap.
More on the house and the area
The brick-vaulted ceilings, fireplace and old cellar give the inhabited part real Piedmont character, and the hillside greenery adds a pleasant open outlook. This is not a finished dream home yet, but it does look like a partly usable house with charm plus substantial rough ancillary spaces to renovate. At €29k for 143 sqm with garden, the price creates a strong potential-for-wow effect.
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.
Our read of the photos, €350/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€17,000 – €28,000
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.
- Upper parts/outbuildings look raw and partially deteriorated, with roof and structural work likely needed there.
- Main living level appears usable but dated and a bit damp/untidy in places.
- Bathroom is not shown, so full day-to-day livability is not completely proven.
- Access and outdoor areas feel basic rather than polished.
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 58/100The cluster is in the Canavese area at the first rise from the Po plain toward the Graian Alps, with wooded hills and cultivated lower slopes. The Orco valley begins nearby to the west and the Alpine chain is visible at short range, but the high mountain terrain is outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Turin is the nearest large city and provides the main services, while Cuorgnè and Rivarolo Canavese are the closest towns of size for everyday shops and rail links. This part of Canavese is known for small hill settlements, mixed farmland and woodland rather than for a single major named natural feature inside the immediate area.