Casa Vara Inferiore
Casa storica periodo '800, muri in pietra e tetto in tegole marsigliesi. Doppio accesso sia dalla strada (vedi foto portoncino principale) vedi giardino con corte e ingresso secondario. Ingresso carrabile da via Dano. La casa si sviluppa in verticale con possibilità di fare 4 appartamenti distinti e i locali a piano…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €240/m², the €60,000 asking price looks attractive, but the condition, systems and energy class are undocumented; wood-stove heating and the proposed conversion into four apartments suggest substantial work. Estimated effective cost is about €940/m² (€235,000 total), well above the Liguria townhouse baseline of €538/m².
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial 19th-century Ligurian townhouse with stone walls, traditional shutters, balconies, beams, a private garden, and strong historic character. The many furnished rooms, kitchen, and bathrooms show a genuinely usable home rather than an empty shell, although the interiors are old-fashioned and the attic needs renovation.
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€50,000 – €88,000
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 very dated and would benefit from modernization.
- Heating appears to rely mainly on wood-burning stoves.
- The attic is rough storage space, and the potential conversion into multiple apartments would require substantial work and approvals.
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 72/100The cluster is in the Ligurian Apennines, with Monte Beigua and the surrounding ridge system within the local landscape. The Beigua Regional Nature Park lies in this area, covering a broad upland of woods, pasture and rocky viewpoints above the coast. The Orba valley is part of the immediate terrain around Sassello. The nearest ski lifts are the small facilities at Prato Nevoso and the Limone Piemonte area in the Maritime Alps, roughly 1.5 to 2 hours by road, so they are not part of the local landscape score. The nearest town of size is Savona on the coast, with port, rail services and the main range of urban services. Sassello is known for woodland scenery and for amaretti biscuits. Sassello is also listed among I Borghi più belli d'Italia.