Ampia Cascina con Corte Privata, Cantine e Box Auto a Grana Monferrato
L'immobile, edificato nei primi anni del Novecento, conserva il fascino delle costruzioni rurali dell'epoca e presenta una parte ristrutturata negli anni '90, già organizzata con ambienti abitativi quali cucina, soggiorno, camere e bagno, offrendo così la possibilità di essere abitata fin da subito. La restante parte…
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is exceptionally low at €87/m² versus a €260/m² local benchmark, but much of the 300 m² farmhouse requires complete renovation. Allowing roughly €450/m² across the property produces an effective cost near €537/m², so the apparent bargain is offset by substantial works despite one part being immediately habitable.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine early-20th-century Piedmontese farmhouse with a private courtyard, balconies, traditional shutters, and atmospheric vaulted brick-and-stone cellars, including an original well. It is not a turnkey dream home: part is habitable with kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom, and heating, while the remaining rooms need substantial renovation. At €26,000 for roughly 300 sqm, the scale and historic character create strong bargain appeal.
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, €450/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€35,000 – €59,000
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.
- A substantial part of the 300 sqm property needs complete renovation, with visible damp and deteriorated plaster.
- Interiors are very dated and the property would benefit from modernization despite having a usable living section.
- No scenic view is shown; the appeal is the private courtyard, historic fabric, and exceptional space for the price.
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.