Rustico/casale in Via Poggio
Simeone & Partners Studio propone in vendita, in zona tranquilla e immersa nel verde, rustico indipendente di circa 50 mq, con terreno pertinenziale, situato nel Comune di Pasturana, in Via Poggio. Soluzione ideale per chi cerca privacy, spazi versatili e un immobile tutto da personalizzare. Caratteristiche principali…
What it really costs
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At €35,000 (€538/m²), this appears to be a highly unfinished farmhouse with incomplete details and no stated condition; estimated renovation raises the effective cost to about €106,500, or €1,638/m², versus the €263/m² Piemonte baseline. The listing also conflicts on size (65 m² in the facts versus approximately 50 m² in the description).
More on the house and the area
The main appeal is the generous, leafy garden/orchard with mature fruit trees and a peaceful rural setting. However, the building is presented as a rustic outbuilding to personalize, with no finished interiors shown, so it is a renovation project rather than a realistically usable home today.
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€26,000 – €38,000
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.
- This appears to be an agricultural outbuilding/rustico requiring substantial conversion or renovation, not a move-in-ready home.
- No livable interior is shown; kitchen, bathroom, utilities, insulation and finishes are unverified.
- The surrounding orchard and garden are attractive, but the structures look basic and utilitarian rather than characterful.
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 sits in the hills and low ridges at the edge of the Apennines, between the lower Scrivia valley and the first rises toward the Ligurian watershed. The Scrivia river runs nearby, and the landscape around Novi Ligure is a mix of cultivated plains, vineyard and orchard country, and wooded slopes toward Gavi and the Val Borbera side. The nearest larger city is Alessandria, while Novi Ligure itself functions as the main service town for this part of southeastern Piemonte, with rail links, shops and hospitals. Gavi is close by, with its hilltop fort dominating the local landscape. This area is known for Gavi wine and for being a corridor between the Po plain and Genoa.