Soluzione indipendente su tre lati con cortile privato a soli €25.000
Grazie alle sue caratteristiche, questa soluzione può rappresentare un'interessante opportunità sia per chi è alla ricerca di una prima casa indipendente sia per chi desidera acquistare un immobile da ristrutturare come investimento, con la possibilità di valorizzarlo nel tempo. Una proposta particolarmente…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €25,000 purchase price is attractive at €294/m², below the €355/m² Piemonte townhouse baseline, but estimated renovation adds about €59,500, bringing the effective cost to roughly €994/m². Independent access, private courtyard, cellar and garage help, but the renovation burden makes this only a fair deal.
More on the house and the area
The exposed brick façade, old timber roofs, and beams give this inexpensive townhouse genuine northern-Italian character, with a small private courtyard and garage adding practical appeal. However, the interiors are largely empty and utilitarian, with unfinished floors/walls and no clearly livable kitchen or bathroom shown, so this is a renovation project rather than a ready home.
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€17,000 – €30,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Requires substantial renovation before comfortable occupation.
- Kitchen and bathroom are not clearly shown; verify their condition and utility connections.
- Visible wall cracking, unfinished surfaces, and basic/aged installations need professional inspection.
- Small private courtyard, but the property is tightly surrounded by neighboring buildings and has no scenic view.
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 40/100The area is the flat lower Scrivia plain near its confluence with the Po, with intensive farmland and scattered villages. The Scrivia river is the main natural feature within reach. Tortona is the nearest town of size, with a cathedral, a compact historic centre and rail connections. This part of southeastern Piemonte is known for agriculture and for being a transit corridor between the Po plain, Genoa and Lombardy.