Casa indipendente in Via Badia
Nel cuore di Sezzadio, in Via Badia, sorge questa caratteristica abitazione di circa 150 mq, ideale per chi desidera vivere in un contesto tranquillo e riservato, senza rinunciare agli spazi e alle comodità. La casa si sviluppa su due livelli e conserva il fascino tipico delle abitazioni piemontesi, con una piacevole facciata dai toni caldi, persiane verdi e dettagli...
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At €75,000 (€514/m²), the asking price is already above the local €397/m² reference, and the listing does not state the condition, construction year, or energy performance. Allowing roughly €700/m² for an older country house would push the effective cost near €1,214/m², making this a weak renovation proposition.
More on the house and the area
A substantial, genuinely usable Piedmontese house with a sunny private courtyard, balcony, traditional shutters, and charming old furnishings. It appears occupied and functional rather than a renovation shell, though the décor and finishes are dated and the attic is unfinished-looking. At €75,000 for 146 sqm, the space and character create a strong value proposition.
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€29,000 – €51,000
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 very dated and would benefit from modernization.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a large 146 sqm, 11-room home.
- The attic appears more like unfinished storage than finished living space; utilities and energy performance are not specified.
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 53/100This is flat to gently rolling countryside on the edge of the Bormida valley, with fields, scattered woods and low hills, and the Alto Monferrato hills begin a short distance to the north and west. The Bormida river system is the main water landscape in the area. Acqui Terme is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and thermal baths. The wider area is known for wine hills in Monferrato and for the spa town of Acqui Terme, but the immediate surroundings of Sezzadio are mainly ordinary rural valley landscape.