Casa indipendente
A pochi km dalle città di Acqui Terme, Nizza e Canelli, proponiamo in vendita casa singola di 70 mq, disposta su due livelli. L'immobile, parzialmente da ristrutturare, si compone di soggiorno con cucinotto, due camere da letto, un bagno ed un'ampia terrazza coperta con vista circostante. Ha l'ingresso indipendente con giardino e terrrno recintati, offrendo spazio verde per attività all'aperto....
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Price is €55,000 for 70 sqm (€786/sqm), but the house is described as partially needing renovation, so I estimate about €500/sqm renovation, bringing effective cost to roughly €1,286/sqm. That is well above this low internal baseline of €414/sqm, but it is still plausible for a detached country house with garden, terrace, 36 photos and independent entrance in Piemonte, so this looks more like a solid lifestyle buy than a pure bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable little country house rather than a ruin: roofed, enclosed, with a bathroom, garden and a covered terrace. The setting is green and peaceful with some open surrounding views, but the house is visually quite plain and clearly needs updating inside and out. Charming and livable with work, not a scroll-stopping dream home as it stands.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Exterior needs refreshing and shows peeling render
- Interiors appear dated and only partially shown
- Garden/land is rough and needs clearing/maintenance
- View seems pleasant rather than dramatic
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 58/100The cluster lies in the Bormida valley in the hills between the Langhe and Monferrato systems, with vineyard and woodland slopes around the river plain. The Bormida river runs through the area. Acqui Terme is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and thermal baths. This part of southern Piemonte is known for wine landscapes and mixed vine-covered hills, but the strongest named wine zones are outside the immediate 15 km radius.