Rustico/casale in Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi
RIF. 388730 - Nel centro di Grana Monferrato, affascinante borgo inserito nel patrimonio paesaggistico del Monferrato, proponiamo in vendita una tipica cascina piemontese indipendente sui lati e dotata di corte privata esclusiva. La proprietà, non frazionata e costituita da un’unica unità, si sviluppa su più livelli…
What it really costs
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The €26,000 asking price (€87/m²) is far below the €262/m² Piemonte farmhouse baseline, but the unknown condition makes a €700/m² renovation assumption reasonable. Effective cost is about €236,000 (€787/m²), substantially above baseline; the central Monferrato location provides only a modest offset.
More on the house and the area
A substantial traditional Piedmontese farmhouse with a private courtyard, shutters, balconies, and atmospheric vaulted brick cellars. The house is not a bare shell: it has furnished living rooms, a working-looking kitchen, bedrooms, and bathrooms, but parts of the property show damp and significant age-related deterioration. At €26,000 for roughly 300 m², it has strong bargain appeal, though it is more of a lived-in renovation project than a polished dream home.
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€59,000 – €105,000
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 living areas appear usable but very dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- Visible damp, peeling plaster, and deteriorated finishes affect parts of the house and cellars.
- The property is very large, so renovation, heating, and ongoing maintenance costs could be substantial.
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 67/100This is Monferrato hill country, with vineyard slopes, mixed farmland and small ridgelines around the village. The nearest river landscape of note is the Tanaro valley, a few kilometres away. Asti is the nearest larger town, with full services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. This part of Monferrato is known for wine, especially Barbera and other Astigiano and Monferrato denominations. Parts of the wider Monferrato wine landscape in the Asti area have UNESCO recognition as the Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato.