Cascina in Fubine Monferrato
Fubine Monferrato: nell'immediata periferia del centro del paese, comoda ai servizi e in tranquilla posizione, Casa tipica piemontese, indipendente su tre lati con ampia corte e giardino pertinenziale esclusivo. L'immobile è disposto su tre livelli: ampia cucina, salone, bagno, due vani, tre camere da letto e bagno. ampio porticato con fienile soprastante, vecchia stalla e magazzini 200 mq.
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
At €85,000 for 170 m², the habitable house costs €500/m²; allowing €200/m² for likely upkeep gives an effective ~€700/m² versus the Piemonte farmhouse baseline of €263/m². The extra 200 m² of stable, hayloft and storage space may add value, but the description does not clearly separate usable living area from ancillary buildings.
More on the house and the area
A handsome traditional Piedmontese farmhouse with a photogenic historic façade, colorful shutters, balcony, generous garden and substantial courtyard buildings. The house is clearly a real, usable home with a functioning kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms and heating, though the interiors are old-fashioned rather than move-in polished.
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€11,000 – €19,000
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 interiors, kitchen, bathroom and finishes are distinctly dated.
- The large farm outbuildings and old stable may require substantial maintenance or renovation.
- Energy performance and the condition of roof, heating and utilities should be 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 49/100This is the flat to gently rolling countryside between Alessandria and the lower Monferrato hills, with fields, scattered farmsteads and small villages. The Tanaro runs a few kilometres to the south, and the Po plain landscape is close by. Alessandria is the nearest town of size, with full services, a rail junction and a substantial historic centre. The wider area is known for agriculture and, north and west toward Monferrato, for wine country, but the immediate surroundings of Quargnento are mainly ordinary rural plain-edge terrain.