Villa unifamiliare in Sale
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Immobile a uso residenziale, sito in area esterne e rurale rispetto al concentrico del tessuto urbano del Comune di Sale. Fabbricato a forma rettangolare composto sia da porzione residenziale che da parte agricola (deposito, fienile) e con ampia porzione di corte esterna esclusiva.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Veto: the listing is explicitly an auction ('ASTA IMMOBILIARE'), which is an automatic trap for this catalog. The description also states the building includes an agricultural/storage part ('deposito, fienile'), adding legal/use complexity despite the very low €179/m² ask versus the €318/m² baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a big rural house with open countryside around it and a useful garage/outbuilding, so it has practical space and some budget appeal. But the facade is tired, the setting is plain rather than picturesque, and the interiors shown are simple and dated with no real character. It seems like a usable house rather than a shell, but not a strong dream-home wow.
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€13,000 – €22,000
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.
- Exterior needs significant maintenance and patching
- Interiors look basic and dated rather than attractive
- Bathroom is not shown despite the listing mentioning one
- Auction sale: verify legal/occupancy status and full documentation
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 34/100This is the flat lower Scrivia plain near the Scrivia River, with cultivated fields and scattered settlements between Tortona and Alessandria. Tortona is the nearest town of size and has rail links, services and a historic centre. The wider area is known for agriculture and for lying on the route corridor between Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardy.