Casa bifamiliare in Via Roma 3
STAZZANO - VARGO Immersa nella tranquillità di Vargo, caratteristica frazione di Stazzano, dalla quale dista 5 minuti di auto, proponiamo in vendita casa indipendente su due livelli, dotata di varie pertinenze. La proprietà è circondata da un giardino carrabile di circa 400 mq, perfetto per trascorrere piacevoli momenti all'aria aperta e gode di una splendida vista aperta sulle montagne...
What it really costs
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At €60,000 for 155 sqm, the ask is €387/sqm versus a low-stock baseline median of €353/sqm in Piemonte townhouses, so the raw price is only slightly above ordinary. The description suggests a typical independent house with garden and outbuildings but gives no clear habitability/renovation status; using a cautious ~€700/sqm renovation assumption makes the effective cost uncompetitive despite positives like parking, terrace, mountain view, and 32 photos.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house with generous rooms, a garden and a lovely open green valley/mountain view. The exterior is plain rather than romantic, but the setting adds charm and the interiors look solid, furnished and livable if old-fashioned. At €60k for 155 sqm, it has strong practical appeal more than pure fantasy wow.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€31,000 – €55,000
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 are dated and need cosmetic updating.
- Only one bathroom is shown.
- Part of the outbuilding/garage area is rough utility space rather than finished living area.
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 lies in the Borbera valley in the Ligurian Apennines, with wooded ridges and narrow side valleys within the immediate area. The Borbera river runs through the valley. Around this part of south-eastern Alessandria the landscape is mostly a low mountain valley of woods, pasture and scattered hamlets rather than a plain. Arquata Scrivia and the Scrivia corridor are the nearest larger centres, with everyday services and rail links toward Genoa and Piedmont. The area is known locally for the Val Borbera and for summer use of the river stretches.