Casa indipendente in Via Scale 1
Casa di paese nell'antico centro storico di Premeno, parzialmente riattata negli anni Novanta. Premeno, località turistica sulla collina di Verbania, a soli 15 minuti dal lago e a due passi dai folti boschi dell'entroterra, con ottime possibilità di escursioni e passeggiate. L'immobile si dispone su quattro piani fuori terra con due vani per piano e scala centrale. All'ultimo...
What it really costs
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At €700/m² before works, the partially renovated 100 m² house is already 76% above the Piemonte country-house baseline of €398/m²; allowing about €40,000 for updates raises the effective cost to roughly €1,100/m². Its historic-center position in a tourist hill town adds appeal, but the unspecified condition and incomplete description limit confidence.
More on the house and the area
A genuine old village house with attractive exposed beams, traditional shutters, antique woodwork, terracotta floors, and a cobbled historic setting near Lake Maggiore. Unlike a ruin, it is a functioning, furnished home with a fitted kitchen, heating, bedrooms, and two bathrooms, though it feels dated and would benefit from cosmetic renovation and exterior maintenance.
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.
Our read of the photos, €400/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €20,000
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 facade is visibly weathered and may need plaster, paint, and moisture-related repairs.
- Interiors are dated, with some staining visible and basic bathrooms.
- The four-floor layout with a central staircase may be inconvenient for daily living; no private garden or direct lake 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 78/100The cluster is in the hills immediately above Verbania on the west side of Lake Maggiore. Lake Maggiore lies within about 10 km, with the Borromean Gulf and the Borromean Islands off Stresa and Pallanza. The lower Lepontine Alps and the Val Grande massif rise just inland. Val Grande National Park begins a short distance to the northwest and is the main protected landscape of this part of the province. The nearest ski area is Mottarone, roughly an hour by road depending on the exact starting point. Verbania is the nearest town of size, with ferry connections on Lake Maggiore, lakeside districts, and the Villa Taranto botanical gardens. The area is known for the Lake Maggiore shore, chestnut and beech woods on the inland slopes, and access into the wild valleys of Val Grande.