Villetta a schiera in Frazione Lovario
Terratetto Semindipendente nelle Colline di Borgosesia - Lovario Scopri questo terratetto semindipendente situata nelle suggestive colline intorno a Borgosesia, nella frazione di Lovario. Una proprietà che combina spazi generosi e potenziale di sviluppo, perfetta per chi desidera una dimora con carattere e versatilità…
What it really costs
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Assuming substantial renovation at €700/m², the effective cost is about €1,250/m² (€75,000 + €84,000), versus the Piemonte townhouse baseline of €355/m². The description highlights potential but does not confirm condition, utilities, or habitability, making the premium difficult to justify.
More on the house and the area
A substantial three-story townhouse with a small garden, usable rooms, two bathrooms, terrazzo floors, antique furnishings, and a few appealing exposed-brick details. It appears to be a real, livable home rather than a shell, but the dated finishes and signs of damp keep it well below dream-home level.
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but distinctly dated and cluttered.
- Visible damp, patching, and unfinished masonry suggest renovation or maintenance work.
- No notable landscape view is shown in the gallery; access is via a narrow stepped path.
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 67/100The area sits in the Valsesia, with the Pennine Alps and the Monte Rosa massif up the valley to the north. The Sesia river runs through Borgosesia. The Alta Valsesia Natural Park begins farther up the valley around Alagna and Rima and is outside the immediate surroundings. The nearest ski lifts are those of Mera above Scopello, roughly half an hour by road, with the larger Monterosa Ski lifts at Alagna farther up the valley. Within the local area the main centre is Borgosesia itself, which has the usual services and an industrial valley-town character, while Varallo nearby has a substantial historic centre and the Sacro Monte di Varallo, a UNESCO site. The area is known for the Valsesia valley landscape and for textile manufacturing in the lower valley.