Casa bifamiliare in Via Sant'Anna 11
Nel comune di Lemie, nella tranquilla frazione di Chiandusseglio, a 965 metri di altitudine, proponiamo una casa semi-indipendente libera su due lati, con cortile privato. L'immobile è raggiungibile esclusivamente a piedi tramite la caratteristica mulattiera della frazione. È disponibile un ampio parcheggio pubblico a…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 for 60 sqm, the ask is €583/sqm; assuming a generic renovation at about €700/sqm, the effective cost is about €1,283/sqm, far above the low Piemonte townhouse baseline of €353/sqm. Positives are the private courtyard/terrace and many photos, but access only on foot via a mule track with parking 150 m away is a clear usability drawback.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely characterful little Alpine stone house with a charming exterior, balcony, and evocative village setting. The good news is that it looks roofed, furnished, and usable as a real home now, with kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom already in place. The wow comes more from rustic mountain atmosphere and value than from views or polished interiors.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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 look dated and basic rather than immediately dreamy.
- Pedestrian-only access via the hamlet mule path; parking is about 150 m away.
- Tight exterior spaces and close neighboring buildings limit openness/privacy.
- Mountain hamlet setting may mean cooler, more rustic year-round living.
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 76/100The cluster is in the Valli di Lanzo in the Graian Alps, with steep wooded slopes and narrow valley scenery around the Stura di Viù basin. The nearest ski lifts are the small slopes at Pian Benot above Usseglio, roughly 25–35 minutes by road depending on the exact hamlet. Ceres is the nearest town of some size in the valleys, with basic services and the Torino–Ceres rail connection farther down the valley; Turin is the main city reached down the valley. The area is known for alpine pasture landscapes, stone mountain hamlets and summer walking routes in the Lanzo valleys.