Rustico/casale in Via Vittorio Alfieri 56
Cortemilia centro - via alfieri - proponiamo in vendita fabbricato libero su due lati da ristrutturare posto su tre livelli. Al piano terreno: 3 locali di sgombero; al piano primo: ingresso, cucina, disimpegno, due camere, bagno, due balconi oltre ampio terrazzo completo di un vano e locali sgombero. Al piano secondo: cucinino, 5 camere, disimpegno, bagno e due balconi. Ampia...
What it really costs
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This 440 sqm farmhouse is listed at €98,000 (€223/sqm), but it is explicitly 'da ristrutturare', so I estimate about €700/sqm renovation, giving an effective cost near €923/sqm. Against a low-stock baseline of €263/sqm for Piemonte farmhouses, the raw price is clearly attractive for the size, and the central Cortemilia location with terrace/garden adds some appeal.
More on the house and the area
This is a big, real house rather than a ruin: it has usable rooms, bathrooms, balconies, a large terrace and a rear garden against stone hillside terraces. The exterior has some old-world charm, but the interiors are very dated and fairly stark, so the dream here is mainly about scale and potential rather than immediate beauty. At the price, the size is striking, but it will need meaningful updating before it feels truly lovely to live in.
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€87,000 – €154,000
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 substantial renovation/modernisation throughout
- Interiors are plain and dated rather than character-rich
- Outdoor spaces are large but currently scruffy and weathered
- Town setting with only modest street and hillside outlooks
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 67/100The cluster is in the Langhe, with wooded ridges and vineyard hills around the Bormida valley. The Bormida di Millesimo runs through Cortemilia. This is the Alta Langa zone, known for hazelnuts, mixed woodland and hill agriculture rather than the dense wine landscape of the lower Langhe. Alba is the nearest larger town, with full services and rail links. Parts of the wider Langhe-Roero and Monferrato vineyard landscape are UNESCO-listed, but the core listed vineyard areas are not centered on Cortemilia itself.