Casa indipendente in Strada Piane Inferiori
A Bollengo, poco fuori dal centro ma in posizione comoda a tutti i principali servizi, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente libera su tre lati, immersa nel verde e circondata da un ampio terreno di oltre 3.000 mq, ideale per chi desidera vivere nella tranquillità senza rinunciare alla comodità. L'abitazione si sviluppa su due livelli, collegati sia da una...
What it really costs
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At €345/m², the €69,000 asking price is 13% below the Piemonte country-house baseline of €398/m², with a large 3,000+ m² plot and good access to services. However, condition and renovation needs are not stated; using a €700/m² renovation estimate gives an effective cost of about €1,045/m², so the apparent discount is uncertain.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, spacious country home with a lived-in interior, working kitchen and bathroom, historic furniture, old tiled floors, and a striking vaulted brick cellar. Its strongest appeal is the green setting: over 3,000 sqm of land, mature vegetation, a terrace, and charming rural outbuildings, though the property needs cosmetic modernization and serious work on the ancillary structures.
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€40,000 – €70,000
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 main house appears solid and usable, but the exterior shows peeling plaster and deferred maintenance.
- A substantial secondary rustic structure has an open/partially deteriorated roof and will require major restoration.
- The kitchen, bathroom, windows and heating look functional but distinctly dated.
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 63/100The cluster is in the Serra morenica di Ivrea, the long glacial ridge that runs across this part of southern Biella and Canavese. The Dora Baltea plain and the Ivrea area are close to the south, and the first Biellese pre-Alps rise to the north. The nearest larger town is Biella, with the provincial services, shops and rail connections. Ivrea is also nearby, with a larger historic centre and the UNESCO-listed industrial city of Olivetti. This area is known for morainic hills, woodland, small vineyards and mixed farming.