Rustico/casale in Via Annunziata
Castino è un borgo dell’Alta Langa con una storia antica, un centro storico medievale integro ed un paesaggio che cambia profondamente tra estate ed autunno, mantenendo sempre la sua identità agricola e monastica. Castino ha origini molto antiche, con reperti romani rinvenuti lungo la “via magistra Langarum”, l’antica arteria che collegava Alba a Cortemilia. Nel Medioevo il territorio...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €79,000 asking price is €193/m², 27% below the Piemonte farmhouse baseline of €263/m², but the listing provides no condition or property-specific details beyond a vague town description. Assuming substantial renovation at €700/m², effective cost rises to about €893/m² (€366,000 total), making this weak without verified condition and systems.
More on the house and the area
A characterful Alta Langa farmhouse with an attractive village setting, old shutters, stone outbuildings, a courtyard and impressive exposed stone-and-timber interiors. However, the 410 sqm property is only partly usable today: some furnished rooms appear habitable, while much of the house needs significant renovation and updating.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€81,000 – €144,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed: several rooms have damp, cracked or deteriorated finishes.
- The enormous rustic hall has a solid roof and striking stone walls, but raw flooring and stored debris make it non-livable as shown.
- Bathrooms, utilities and the full practical layout are not clearly demonstrated in the gallery.
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 68/100The cluster is in the Langhe hills, with wooded ridges, vineyards and hazelnut country around the Bormida valley. The Bormida di Spigno runs nearby. Alta Langa is the local landscape name for this part of southern Piemonte, and small hill villages such as Cortemilia are the nearest service centres with shops and basic amenities. The area is known for Moscato and other Langhe wines in the wider zone, and especially for hazelnuts in the Alta Langa around Cortemilia.