Casa indipendente
Fubine Monferrato: Bella casa tipica piemontese, in tranquilla posizione ma molto comoda ai servizi commerciali, indipendente su 4 lati con cortile, giardino e terreno circostante di 2 ettari piantumato e coltivabile. L'abitazione si sviluppa su due livelli: ingresso, cucina, salotto e bagno. ; al primo piano: 4 camere e bagno ed ex fienile. Spazioso locale di sgombero uso garage,...
What it really costs
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At €396/m², the asking price is essentially equal to the Piemonte country-house baseline of €398/m², so there is no clear price discount. The house appears potentially habitable, but condition and technical details are missing; the 2-hectare garden and land add value but also create upkeep obligations.
More on the house and the area
A characterful traditional Piedmontese country house with cheerful green shutters, a long covered balcony, tiled interiors, terrazzo floors, and attractive brick detailing. It is a genuine, furnished and usable home rather than a shell, with two bathrooms, multiple bedrooms, courtyard, garden, parking, and approximately 2 hectares of surrounding land. The main drawback is its old-fashioned condition and likely need for gradual updating.
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€17,000 – €28,000
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 and bathrooms are functional but visibly dated and would benefit from modernization.
- Some exterior plaster and balcony/awning elements show maintenance needs.
- The former hayloft and outbuildings may require renovation or conversion work.
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.