Casa indipendente in Vicolo Gorizia 3
Sagliano Micca - In pieno centro paese vendiamo splendida casa indipendente da ristrutturare risalente al secolo scorso di ampia metratura e disposta su tre livelli, ideale per chi cerca spazio, privacy e la possibilità di personalizzare gli ambienti secondo le proprie esigenze. La proprietà si distingue per gli ampi spazi interni e per la presenza di un loggiato aperto sul...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The house is explicitly described as da ristrutturare, so I estimate about €900/m² renovation; that puts the effective cost near €1,081/m² (€181 + €900), well above the low-stock baseline of €414/m² for Piemonte country houses. Positives are the very large size, independent house status, central village location, and strong listing quality (40 photos), but the renovation burden is substantial.
More on the house and the area
This has real romantic wow: a handsome historic facade with arches and loggiato, a walled courtyard, garden space and lovely old details like timber ceilings, vaults and fireplaces. But the current house is clearly a major renovation project rather than a usable home, with bare, decayed rooms and incomplete spaces, so condition pulls the score down hard. At €65k for 360 sqm it has strong dream potential, but today it is more vision than livable reality.
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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€71,000 – €126,000
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.
- Full renovation project; not currently move-in ready
- Some interiors are raw/empty with visible decay and unfinished spaces
- Listing includes obvious CGI/rendered after-images, not current condition
- Center-of-town setting with neighboring houses, so privacy is limited despite the courtyard
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 77/100The Biellese Prealps rise immediately north of Biella, with Monte Mucrone and the Oropa basin within about 10 km. The Oropa stream valley runs into the town, and the area sits between the first Alpine slopes and the edge of the rice plain toward Vercelli. The Sacro Monte di Oropa and the Sanctuary of Oropa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, are within this radius above the town. The nearest ski area is Oropa, with small lifts about 15 minutes' drive from Biella. Biella itself is the main town of the area, with a historic upper town at Biella Piazzo and the services of a provincial capital. The area is known for the wool textile industry and for the Oropa pilgrimage route.