Rustico/casale in Borgata Cordero 21
TRANA, Borgata Cordero, in posizione tranquilla di una borgata tuttavia vicina a strada provinciale. La casa si trova su due piani più la mansarda. Al piano terra (ca 20 mq) c'è un ampio soggiorno e un ripostiglio, al primo piano (ca 28 mq) una camera da letto, un bagno e un balcone, mentre la mansarda è sfruttabile.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 (€643/m²), the asking price is already well above comparable Piemonte farmhouse levels, and allowing roughly €35,000 for unspecified renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,143/m². The description mentions one bathroom, while the listing facts show none, and the condition is not stated; proximity to the Avigliana lakes and included garden are modest positives.
More on the house and the area
A practical, characterful village farmhouse with a balcony, usable interiors, a separate garden plot, and appealing green mountain views. It is a real home rather than a ruin, with kitchen, bathroom, heating, and finished floors, but the décor is dated and the attic and some damp-marked areas need improvement.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Livable but dated, with repainting and cosmetic modernization needed.
- The attic appears usable but unfinished and may require work to become comfortable living space.
- Heating is currently via pellet stove; gas connection is only a possibility.
- The 150 sqm garden/parking plot is detached from the house.
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 78/100The lower Val di Susa begins here at the foot of the Cottian Alps. The Lago Grande di Avigliana and Lago Piccolo di Avigliana are within the area. The Parco Naturale dei Laghi di Avigliana covers the lakes and surrounding marsh and woodland. The nearest ski lifts are in the upper Val di Susa, around Sauze d'Oulx and Cesana Torinese, roughly an hour or more by road, so they are outside the immediate landscape. Turin is the nearest large city, with the services of a regional capital, and Susa is the nearest historic valley town. Avigliana is known for its lakes and for the Sacra di San Michele on Mount Pirchiriano just outside the town.