Terratetto plurifamiliare in Alice Castello
Casa semindipendente libera su 3 lati fine schiera e disposta su tre livelli. Attualmente al piano terra abbiamo, cucina, sala, un ripostiglio, un bagno e due camere. Invece al primo piano abbiamo un altra camera che da accesso con scala interna al sottotetto con possiblità di farci un ulteriore camera. Il bagno è…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 for 191 sqm, the ask is just €183/sqm, but with a realistic renovation budget of about €700/sqm the effective cost is ~€883/sqm. That is well above your low-stock baseline of €353/sqm, but the large size, 41 photos, usable ancillary spaces/garden, and a 2024-renovated bathroom make it a credible low-entry-price renovation project rather than a trap.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable old Piedmont house rather than a shell: it has furnished rooms, a working kitchen, a renovated bathroom and a solid-looking roofed structure. The wow comes from its size for the price, some period character like the decorated ceiling and old floors, plus the private yard/garden. Visually though it is quite plain and farmyard-like, so the dream factor is modest unless you enjoy giving big rustic spaces a refresh.
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€38,000 – €67,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Interiors are dated and need real renovation beyond the recently redone bathroom.
- Outdoor areas are mostly hard courtyard and basic lawn rather than scenic landscaped garden.
- Large attached barn/depot areas may need substantial work or be semi-utility space.
- No meaningful view or standout location is shown in the photos.
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 61/100The area sits on the eastern edge of the Canavese and Vercelli plain, with low morainic hills around the Serra d'Ivrea not far to the north. Lake Viverone is within about 10 km. The nearest larger town is Ivrea, which has services, a railway station and an industrial and historic centre; Vercelli is the other main reference town on the plain. The area is known for rice country on the plain and for the vineyard-and-lake landscape around Viverone and the morainic amphitheatre of Ivrea. Ivrea and the 19th-century Olivetti industrial city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but the town itself is just beyond the 15 km landscape radius.