Casa indipendente in Via Guglielmo Marconi
CASSINELLE, IN CENTRO PAESE, IN ZONA TRANQUILLA PROPONIAMO IN VENDITA CASA INDIPENDENTE CON GIARDINO E CANTINA. L’abitazione è cosi composta: al piano terra troviamo sala con camino, cucina e primo bagno; al primo piano camera matrimoniale con balcone, secondo bagno con antibagno; al piano seminterrato troviamo due cantine, di cui una può diventare una taverna con uscita verso il cortile....
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 for 167 sqm, the asking price is just €269/sqm; assuming a basically habitable house at about €200/sqm renovation, the effective cost is about €469/sqm, slightly above the local baseline of €421/sqm. Independent house with garden, cellar and 21 photos in the town center supports livability, but the discount is only on the raw ask price, not after light works.
More on the house and the area
This has a real hillside village feel, with a pleasant mountain view and a usable garden area that could become lovely. The house is not a ruin: it has floors, stairs, windows, radiators, bathrooms and a fireplace, so it looks basically habitable, but tired and in need of a thorough refresh. At €45k for 167 sqm, it has genuine dream potential rather than instant 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€11,000 – €19,000
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.
- Needs cleaning and cosmetic refresh throughout
- Garden/courtyard and pergola are overgrown and scruffy
- Some spaces feel basic/dim rather than character-filled
- No strong photogenic exterior frontage 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 61/100The cluster sits in the hilly Apennine country between Ovada and Acqui Terme, with mixed woodland, small valleys and ridge roads typical of the Alto Monferrato edge. The Orba valley is nearby, and the Stura and Bormida valleys are part of the wider local terrain. The Parco naturale regionale del Beigua lies to the south across the Ligurian divide, but not within the immediate 15 km landscape. Ovada is the nearest town of size, with rail links, shops and services; Acqui Terme is the other main reference point, with a larger historic centre and thermal facilities. The area is known for wine hills on the Piedmont-Liguria transition, especially around the Ovada DOCG zone.