Casa indipendente
PORZIONE DI CASA composta da soggiorno con cucina a vista di grande dimensioni, 3 camera da letto, bagno ed altro servizio. Completano la proprietà la cantina ed il cortile privato di pertinenza in cui si possono mettere due auto. L'immobile pur essendo abitabile necessità di lavori di ristrutturazione. Molto Soleggiata.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €78,000 plus an estimated €91,000 renovation budget, the effective cost is about €1,300/m², versus the Piemonte country-house baseline of €399/m². It is habitable and has useful outdoor space, but the renovation-adjusted price is high despite the recent listing.
More on the house and the area
This is a bright, genuinely usable home with a pleasant traditional feel, including the arched opening, older wood-framed doorway, and tiled floors. The interior is functional but dated, with a very basic kitchen and visible cosmetic work needed, so it feels like an affordable refresh project rather than a finished dream 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€26,000 – €46,000
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.
- Clearly habitable, but the kitchen and finishes need renovation.
- No attractive landscape or exterior view is shown in the available photo.
- Heating appears to rely partly on a pellet/wood stove; verify the full heating and utility setup.
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 area lies in the eastern Piemonte foothills between the lower pre-Alps and the plain. Lake Orta is within about 10 km, and the Toce/Ticino lake district begins nearby with Lake Maggiore farther east. The Special Nature Reserve of Sacro Monte di Orta is on the lake above Orta San Giulio. Mottarone, with its road access and seasonal ski area, is the nearest mountain for winter sports at roughly 30 km by road. Borgomanero is the nearest larger town and provides the main shops, services and rail connections for the area. Orta San Giulio is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia, and the Sacro Monte di Orta is part of the UNESCO Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy. The area is known for the Lake Orta landscape and for proximity to the Cusio lake district.