Terratetto plurifamiliare in Borgo d'Ale
Proponiamo in vendita, lungo Corso Repubblica a Borgo d’Ale, un immobile attualmente a destinazione artigianale con ottime potenzialità di riconversione residenziale. La proprietà si sviluppa su due livelli fuori terra, oltre a una cantina al piano interrato, e può essere completamente ripensata in base alle proprie…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €38,000 (€422/m²), the low asking price is offset by an estimated €99,000 renovation and conversion cost, bringing the effective cost to about €1,522/m² versus a local reference of €356/m². The property is currently artisanal, not residential, and conversion depends on technical-urbanistic approval; cadastral and planning checks are still ongoing.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid, bright 90 sqm village property with attractive old-town façades, balconies, and a potentially characterful historic setting near the church. However, it is currently fitted out as a textile workshop and would need a legally approved conversion and substantial reorganization before it could function as a home. The low price is appealing, but this is a house-making project rather than a ready-to-live-in Italian home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€36,000 – €53,000
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.
- Currently an artisanal workshop, not a residence; residential conversion requires planning approval and a change of use.
- The gallery shows commercial workspaces rather than a finished kitchen, living room, or bedroom.
- Central street setting offers little privacy, and the shared rear courtyard is not private.
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 Canavese area on the edge of the Morainic Amphitheatre of Ivrea, with low glacial hills, fields and small woods around the villages. Lago di Viverone is within this radius. Ivrea is the nearest substantial town, with full services and its UNESCO-listed 20th-century industrial city of Olivetti. The area is known for wine from the Canavese hills and for the line of morainic ridges left by the ancient Balteo glacier.