Casa Vargo frazione di Stazzano (AL)
La Casa collinare: vista panoramica, privacy e ampi spazi a Vargo di Stazzano (AL) Immergiti nella quiete e nella bellezza incontaminata delle colline alessandrine. Situata in posizione , soleggiata e dominante di Vargo — Zona residenziale del comune di Stazzano (AL) — proponiamo in vendita una splendida casa…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Listed at €264/m², 26% below the Piemonte townhouse baseline of €355/m², but estimated habitable-property costs of about €200/m² raise the effective cost to roughly €464/m². Large size, garage, panorama and 65 photos support the listing, though the remote hillside location and above-baseline effective price limit the deal quality.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, genuinely usable hill-town home with five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a private courtyard/garden, terraces and open views toward the surrounding hills. The interiors are clean and functional but dated rather than beautiful, while the separate rustic outbuilding is a renovation project; the combination of 303 sqm and an €80,000 price gives it strong dream-home potential for a buyer willing to refresh it.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€20,000 – €34,000
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.
- The main house appears habitable but has dated interiors and weathered exterior finishes.
- The separate brick outbuilding/rustico looks unfinished or storage-grade and would require substantial work to become living space.
- No interior photos of all bedrooms and bathrooms are shown, so the full condition is not verified.
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 61/100The cluster lies in the Borbera valley in the Ligurian Apennines, with wooded ridges and narrow side valleys within the immediate area. The Borbera river runs through the valley. Around this part of south-eastern Alessandria the landscape is mostly a low mountain valley of woods, pasture and scattered hamlets rather than a plain. Arquata Scrivia and the Scrivia corridor are the nearest larger centres, with everyday services and rail links toward Genoa and Piedmont. The area is known locally for the Val Borbera and for summer use of the river stretches.