Casa bifamiliare in Via Fossale Comunale 22
Casa semindipendente libera su 3 lati fine schiera e disposta su tre livelli. Attualmente al piano terra abbiamo, cucina, sala, un ripostiglio, un bagno e due camere. Invece al primo piano abbiamo un altra camera che da accesso con scala interna al sottotetto con possiblità di farci un ulteriore camera. Il bagno è stato ristrutturato nel 2024. Il riscaldamento attualmente...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 (€183/m²), the headline price is attractive, but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €96,000, or €500/m², above the €356/m² local benchmark. The 2024-renovated bathroom and 47 photos are positives, while the listing does not say enough about heating, overall condition, or energy performance.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely livable Piemonte townhouse with generous space, a substantial garden, traditional shutters, original patterned floors and attractive decorative ceilings. The home is practical rather than spectacular, with a somewhat industrial courtyard setting and dated interiors, but €35,000 for 191 sqm plus land gives it strong bargain appeal.
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€22,000 – €37,000
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 fully furnished and usable but very dated, with extensive wood paneling and worn finishes.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a five-bedroom, 191-square-metre house.
- Large attached outbuildings and upper areas may require renovation; roof and utilities should be checked carefully.
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 area sits on the eastern edge of the Canavese and Vercelli plain, with low morainic hills around the Serra d'Ivrea not far to the north. Lake Viverone is within about 10 km. The nearest larger town is Ivrea, which has services, a railway station and an industrial and historic centre; Vercelli is the other main reference town on the plain. The area is known for rice country on the plain and for the vineyard-and-lake landscape around Viverone and the morainic amphitheatre of Ivrea. Ivrea and the 19th-century Olivetti industrial city are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but the town itself is just beyond the 15 km landscape radius.