Casa indipendente in Via Vincenzo Gioberti 1
Ci troviamo in Via Vincenzo Gioberti a Cairo Montenotte, in una zona tranquilla e immersa nel verde, a soli sette minuti di auto dal centro. Proponiamo una caratteristica soluzione semi-indipendente disposta su due livelli, ideale per chi desidera una casa da personalizzare completamente secondo i propri gusti e le proprie esigenze. La proprietà si sviluppa al piano terra con una...
What it really costs
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At €29,000 (€242/m²), the 120 m² house is well below the €500/m² Liguria baseline, but the description says it needs complete personalization, implying about €84,000 in renovation and an effective cost near €942/m². Inland location, missing condition data, and limited detail reduce the appeal.
More on the house and the area
This is a photogenic Ligurian rustic property with weathered stone walls, old outbuildings and a small outdoor area, offering genuine historic character at a very low price. However, the interiors are largely unfinished or deteriorated, so it is a substantial renovation project rather than a realistically move-in-ready 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€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.
- Major renovation is required throughout, including unfinished rooms, floors, plaster and services.
- The bathroom is extremely basic and the kitchen is not visibly usable.
- Some ceilings, masonry and ancillary structures show damp, decay or deferred maintenance.
- No notable panorama or sea/mountain view is shown.
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 62/100The area sits in the Ligurian Apennines, on the upper Bormida valley between wooded hills and low mountain ridges. The Bormida di Spigno runs through the valley. The Parco naturale regionale di Piana Crixia lies nearby, known for the badlands landscape around the mushroom-shaped erosional column called the Fungo di Pietra. The nearest sea is the Savona coast, but it is beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. Cairo Montenotte is the nearest main town and has the services of a small inland centre with a historic core; the wider area is known for woodland, mixed farming and the Bormida valley routes linking Liguria and Piedmont.