Casa singola - Indipendente in vendita a Urbe, Vara Superiore
URBE Vara Superiore proponiamo casa indipendete composta da 5 alloggi con terreno circostante L'immobile si presenta come un'opportunità unica per viverci e intraprendere attività di affittacamere o B&B La palazzine, in buone condizioni manutentive, si sviluppa su tre piani ed ogni unità abitativa ha ingresso…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €90,000 for 300 m² (€300/m²), the house remains around €500/m² after allowing roughly €200/m² for dated finishes and installing heating. This is a modest discount versus comparable Ligurian stock, with five independent units and B&B potential adding value, though Urbe is inland and the listing does not state the energy class or construction year.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, usable three-story house with multiple independent apartments, private greenery, balconies, and genuinely impressive mountain views. The interiors are clean and functional, but strongly dated, and the lack of heating reduces immediate move-in appeal.
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€20,000 – €34,000
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 habitable but visibly dated and would benefit from cosmetic renovation.
- The listing states there is no heating currently installed.
- The property is divided into five independent units, so combining or modernizing them could require substantial work.
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 72/100The cluster is in the Ligurian Apennines, in the upper Orba valley near the Monte Beigua massif. The Beigua Regional Nature Park lies in this area, with wooded slopes, rounded mountain ridges and passes linking the inland valleys to the Ligurian coast. The Orba river runs through the valley. The nearest ski lifts are the small facilities at Prato Nevoso and Limone Piemonte, both well beyond the local radius and not part of the immediate landscape. The nearest larger towns for services are Varazze and the coastal centres of western Genoa province, while inland Ovada is the main town on the Piedmont side. The wider area is known for hiking, chestnut woods and the geopark landscape of the Beigua massif; UNESCO Global Geopark status applies to the Beigua area.