Terratetto unifamiliare in Cassinelle
PIEMONTE - MONFERRATO La nostra agenzia situata a Silvano d’orba in via Roma, 10 vi propone a Bandita di Cassinelle casa ordinata libera su tre lati, con cortile, giardino e ampio terreno di circa 1 ettaro. L’immobile, posizionato all’interno di un borgo grazioso, si compone di due appartamenti identici di circa 70…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €60,000 for 140 m², the purchase price is €429/m², already above the local €356/m² benchmark; allowing about €28,000 for heating and modernization brings the effective cost to roughly €629/m². Two independent apartments, a garage-sized outbuilding, and about 1 hectare of land add value, but the rural location and limited existing heating keep this from being a strong bargain.
More on the house and the area
A solid, sunny two-apartment home in a pleasant Monferrato hamlet, with a courtyard, garden, adjacent hayloft, and approximately one hectare of land. The house appears genuinely habitable rather than a renovation shell, though its plain dated interiors and basic heating/utilities keep it below the dream-home tier.
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€9,000 – €16,000
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 clean and usable but dated, with an unfitted kitchen and visible wall marks.
- Heating currently relies on wood stoves, with electric hot-water boilers and bottled cooking gas.
- The one-hectare land includes both flat and hilly sections, so maintenance and access may vary.
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.