Casa bifamiliare in Via Rocca 11
Nella suggestiva frazione di Rocca delle Donne, paese di Camino Monferrato, naturale balconata sulla piana del Po vercellese, proponiamo in vendita una casa libera su due lati risalente ai primi anni del Novecento. Ristrutturata nel 2004, la proprietà ha valorizzato la struttura mettendo a vista gli antichi mattoni e la tipica pietra da cantone. L'accesso all'abitazione può avvenire...
What it really costs
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At €75,000 (€444/m²), the effective cost is about €594/m² after allowing €150/m² for updating a property renovated in 2004, versus a Piemonte townhouse baseline of €355/m². The large 169 m² home has 27 photos, garden and parking, but its above-baseline price and missing current-condition details limit the deal quality.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable historic townhouse with exceptional exposed brick barrel vaults, original stonework, terracotta floors, beams, and a charming renovated kitchen. The exterior is modest, but the interior character is unusually strong and far more compelling than a typical cheap Italian property; it would need decluttering and likely cosmetic refreshes rather than a major rebuild.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €150/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€8,000 – €14,000
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 interiors are heavily cluttered, so the usable feel is partly obscured.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a five-bedroom, 169 sqm house.
- No broad valley view, garden, or terrace is clearly shown in the supplied photos.
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 68/100This is the Monferrato hill country, with a pattern of cultivated ridges, small valleys, woods and scattered villages. The Po runs a few kilometres to the north, and the nearest town of size is Casale Monferrato, which has a substantial historic centre and services. The wider area is known for vineyards and wine landscapes, and the Monferrato wine landscape has UNESCO status in parts of the wider region.