Complesso
area con fabbricati ad uso promiscuo. appartamento sub. 8, al piano terra un bagno, una cucina e una sala e due ripostigli, al primo piano tre camere, un bagno, un ripostiglio e un corridoio , box sub 9, appartamento sub 10 e sub 11, al piano terra sono presenti un salone, una cucina, due bagni, dispensa e centrale…
What it really costs
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Price of 300 EUR/m2 is well below regional median of 650 EUR/m2, suggesting a nominal discount. However, the '4 rooms' label contradicts the description, which lists multiple sub-units (sub 6, 8, 10, 11) plus several boxes/garages across two floors\u2014this is a compound of 'fabbricati ad uso promiscuo' (mixed-use buildings), not a single 4-room apartment. The 250 sqm likely aggregates several units. Missing key data: no building year, no energy class, no condition. 'Uso promiscuo' plus fragmented sub-units raises questions about actual habitability and unified ownership. Fresh listing (5 days). The low price/m2 is attractive but the ambiguity about what is actually being sold and its condition caps confidence. Assume moderate-to-heavy renovation given lack of condition data and older mixed-use rural stock.
More on the house and the area
Large 250sqm rural mixed-use complex in Oviglio, Piemonte at a very low €300/m2. The long yellow farmhouse-style building with multiple units, garages, wooden outbuildings, and a covered pool sits on open land. Exteriors are tidy but plain; interiors are rough, cluttered, and clearly need work. The bargain price per m2 and the pool/land are the main draws, but nothing visually striking. Feels like a renovation project rather than a finished dream property.
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, €400/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€29,000 – €49,000
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.
- Property appears to need renovation (interiors show unfinished/storage conditions)
- Pool is covered and appears neglected
- Listed as 'Apartment' but is actually a large mixed-use complex with multiple units
- No condition, year, or energy class data provided
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 40/100This is the Bormida plain around Alessandria, with flat cultivated land and low hills beginning a few kilometres away toward the Monferrato and Langhe side of the province. The Bormida river runs through the area and joins the Tanaro nearby, with a landscape of river plain, fields, poplar lines and scattered villages. Acqui Terme is the nearest town of note, with a historic centre and thermal baths. The wider area is known for wine hills once you move farther south and east, but at this point the immediate surroundings are mainly plain and mixed agricultural land.