Casa indipendente in Frazione Frescondino
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What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The property is explicitly cadastralized as a magazzino (storage unit), so it is not legally a dwelling without confirmed permitted conversion. At €65,000 for 40 m² (€1,625/m²), the apparent price is misleading despite the garden, parking, terrace, and 11 photos.
More on the house and the area
A charming, move-in-ready country retreat with a beautifully landscaped private garden, mature trees, covered terrace areas, exposed wooden ceilings, and a working-looking fireplace. The interiors are modest but complete and genuinely usable, with a fitted kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and open living space rather than a renovation shell. Its main weakness is the warehouse cadastral classification, which must be resolved before treating it as a straightforward home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€16,000 – €23,000
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 property is officially registered as a warehouse, creating an important residential-use and legal due-diligence issue.
- Only 40 sqm with one bedroom and a very compact bathroom; better suited to a couple, retreat, or weekend home.
- No clear dramatic sea, lake, or 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 61/100This is in the Monferrato hills, with rolling vineyard and mixed-farming country around the village. The Po plain lies nearby to the north, and the Tanaro valley is part of the wider landscape of the Alessandria area. Alessandria is the nearest town of size and provides the main rail station, hospitals, schools and full urban services. The wider area is known for wine production in the Monferrato and for Piedmontese hill-country agriculture.