Casa indipendente con giardino e vista sulle colline – Morsasco (AL)
Nel suggestivo contesto collinare di Morsasco (AL), proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente libera su quattro lati, immersa nella tranquillità della campagna e circondata da un ampio giardino privato di circa 2.000 mq, ideale per chi desidera vivere a contatto con la natura. L'abitazione è composta da due camere…
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 €19,000 for 111 sqm (€171/sqm), this is extremely cheap versus the Piemonte townhouse baseline of €352/sqm; even adding a full restoration estimate of about €1,100/sqm, the entry price is very low for a detached house with 2,000 sqm of garden and panoramic views. The description is coherent with a complete renovation project ('completamente da ristrutturare'), but it appears legally residential and not an auction or partial share.
More on the house and the area
The best part here is the peaceful hillside setting: open Monferrato views and a generous private garden give it real dream value for €19k. The house is not a ruin and still has kitchen, bathroom, floors and usable rooms, but it is clearly very tired and needs a full renovation before it feels truly comfortable. This is a real house with potential, not just a shell, yet the wow comes more from the setting than from the building itself.
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€44,000 – €65,000
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.
- Completely needs renovation
- Interiors are dated and worn, with visible cracking and basic finishes
- Garden/grounds look overgrown and need clearing
- No strong historic character 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 60/100The cluster sits in the Alto Monferrato hills, with mixed vineyard country, wooded ridges and small valleys. The Bormida valley is nearby, and the Erro valley is also part of the local landscape. Acqui Terme is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and the Roman thermal spring known as La Bollente. This part of Piemonte is known for wine, especially Dolcetto d'Acqui, and for a hilly farm landscape of vineyards, hazelnuts and woodland.