Villa in Strada Provinciale 125
Una proprietà autentica tra le colline, da vivere oggi e da immaginare domani. A pochi minuti dal caratteristico borgo di Garbagna, proponiamo una proprietà in pietra dal forte sapore rurale, ideale per chi cerca tranquillità, indipendenza e soprattutto spazi con interessanti possibilità di valorizzazione. La…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €98,000 (€817/m²) before works, this stone villa is already far above the local €315/m² reference; allowing roughly €700/m² for unspecified renovation makes the effective cost about €1,517/m². The listing suggests current usability but does not state the condition, construction year, or energy performance, so the price is difficult to justify.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly photogenic rural Piedmont property with beautiful stone buildings, mature greenery, open hill views, and a generous grassy setting. The main house is a genuine, roofed and usable home with finished rooms, functioning bathroom, attractive old floors, and some exposed stone and beams—not merely a ruin. The attached barn/outbuildings add character and potential, but they are project spaces rather than ready-to-live accommodation.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €42,000
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.
- The main house appears usable but dated, with only one bathroom shown.
- The adjoining stone structures are largely unfinished agricultural spaces and would require substantial renovation.
- Utilities, heating, insulation, and legal status should be verified.
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 60/100The area is in the Tortona hills on the edge of the Colli Tortonesi, with mixed farmed ridges and small valleys between the Grue and Curone drainage. The Curone valley and the first Ligurian Apennine foothills are within this radius. Tortona is the nearest larger town, with rail services, shops and the cathedral. The area is known for wine in the Colli Tortonesi, especially Timorasso, and for mixed agriculture.