Villa unifamiliare in Borgo San Martino
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Quota di piena proprietà di villetta con garage. - Via G. Pampuro 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 economica. Chiamaci ora per avere…
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 an "asta immobiliare", which is a veto red flag for this catalog regardless of apparent price. Although the asking price is €32,763 for 46 sqm (€712/sqm), auction risk makes it unsuitable for a normal foreign-buyer deal screen.
More on the house and the area
This has a modestly handsome period facade with arched windows and small balconies, giving it some old-town character. The house appears roofed, floored, and basically habitable rather than a shell, but the interiors shown are dark, tired, and not especially charming. Cheap and usable-looking, yet not a strong dream-home proposition from these photos.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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.
- Auction sale: photos/details may be incomplete and need legal checks.
- Interior looks dated and somewhat dark, with likely refresh/modernization needed.
- No bathroom is documented in the facts, so current usability is unclear.
- On a main street in a plain village setting, with no view or private outdoor space shown.
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 sits in the low Monferrato hills, with vineyard and cereal country around the villages and no mountain landscape inside the immediate area. The Po is north of here and the Tanaro runs farther south toward Alessandria, but the setting around Mirabello Monferrato is mainly rolling agricultural ground rather than a marked river landscape. Casale Monferrato is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and services; Alessandria is also close for wider shopping and rail connections. This part of Monferrato is known for wine country and mixed farming, with the wider Monferrato UNESCO wine landscape lying in the region but not centred on this immediate low-hill area.