Casa indipendente in Frazione Chiesa 2
Casa indipendente in Frazione Chiesa 2
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 for 200 sqm, the ask is €225/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €455/sqm in Piemonte, which looks cheap on paper. But the listing has almost no usable information, only 1 photo, no stated condition, and 0 bathrooms shown, so I assume a needs-renovation cost of about €700/sqm and the uncertainty pulls the score down.
More on the house and the area
There is no usable photo evidence here, so this cannot be sold as a dream home on visual appeal. The low price and large size are intriguing on paper, but without images or condition details it does not currently deliver wow or proven livability.
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€79,000 – €140,000
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.
- Only one photo and it is unavailable, so beauty and condition cannot be verified
- No bathroom is listed
- Condition is unknown
- Very likely needs substantial inspection before judging livability
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 58/100This is in the lower Biella area between the Serra morainic ridge and the first Biellese Prealps, with a mixed landscape of wooded hills, small fields and scattered villages. The Elvo valley and the slopes below the Oropa and Mucrone side of the Biella mountains are within the local area. The nearest larger town is Biella, which provides the main services, shops and rail connections for the district. The area is known in practical terms for the textile history of the Biella district and for foothill villages at the edge of the prealpine belt.