Villa unifamiliare in Montacuto
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Abitazione indipendente con annessa area esclusiva e fabbricati accessori. - Frazione Montacuto, ... Simplex Domus aiuta famiglie e aziende a comprare immobili all’asta tramite avvocati specializzati ed esperti di mutuo. Comprare un immobile all’asta è un’ottima opportunità…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly a judicial auction ('ASTA IMMOBILIARE'), which is a veto red flag for this catalog and drives the score into trap territory. Although the ask is only €221/m² versus a €318/m² baseline, auctions carry legal/procedural risk and are excluded.
More on the house and the area
There is some rustic countryside atmosphere and a low price for the size, but the photos show an overgrown, abandoned property rather than a home you could live in. Interior spaces look stripped back to brick and rubble, with major restoration needed. This is a project shell, not a charming ready-to-own Italian dream house.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- Interiors appear gutted/raw with no usable kitchen or bathroom shown
- Parts of the structure look open and partially collapsed
- Heavy overgrowth suggests long neglect and difficult access/use
- Auction listing details may not match the real on-site condition
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 68/100The cluster is in the Curone valley in the Ligurian Apennines, with wooded ridges and pasture on the slopes. The Curone stream runs through this part of the valley. This area falls within the wider Appennino Piemontese landscape on the border with Liguria and Lombardy. The nearest substantial town is Tortona, which provides the main rail links, shops and services for the upper valley. The area is known for hill farming, chestnut woods and small stone hamlets of the upper valley.