Villa
Questa casa semindipendente in vendita si trova a Cavaglio d'Agogna ed è da terminare in quanto attualmente si trova nello stato di rustico avanzato. L'immobile è disposto su 3 livelli da cui si possono ricavare: - al piano seminterrato un garage doppio, cantina, locale lavanderia, disimpegno e una taverna; - al piano terra la zona giorno con cucina, soggiorno e...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The property is a 210 m² advanced shell requiring completion, estimated at about €1,100/m² (€231,000), bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,433/m² versus the Piemonte baseline of €315/m². Its €70,000 asking price is therefore not attractive once the unfinished works are included.
More on the house and the area
The house has a pleasant open view across cultivated countryside and a substantial three-level layout with potential for a large family home. However, it is currently an unfinished shell with raw floors, incomplete walls, no fitted bathrooms or kitchen, and a barren construction site outside, so it is a major project rather than a livable cheap Italian 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€83,000 – €123,000
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.
- Advanced rustic shell requiring substantial completion before occupation.
- Floors, bathrooms, kitchen, fixtures and utilities appear unfinished or absent.
- Large rough exterior area and retaining works still need completion; verify permits and connection costs.
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 56/100The area lies on the Novara plain at the foot of the pre-Alps, with Monte Fenera and the first ridges of the Sesia and Cusio hills within this radius. The Agogna stream runs through this part of the province. Lake Orta is the nearest major landscape feature but it is beyond the 15 km radius, so it is a day-to-day destination rather than the immediate setting. Borgomanero is the nearest town of size, with rail links, shops and services. This part of upper Novara is known for mixed farmland, small industrial settlements and wine hills toward the Ghemme and Boca area.