Casa indipendente in Frazione Solivo, 19, Portula,
In tranquilla posizione adiacente al paese bella casa luminosa disposta su più livelli abitabile subito in buone condizioni generali composta da zona giorno al piano terra e da zona notte ai piani superiori con tre camere. a corredo due ampi balconi con vista sulle montagne. Completa la proprietà ampia autorimessa per due auto con soprastante deposito e annesso terreno recintato ad uso orto.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €57,000 asking price equals €335/m², just above the €308/m² local benchmark, but a €200/m² allowance for a 1960s habitable home brings the effective cost to about €535/m². The multiple levels, two-car garage, balconies, mountain views and fenced garden add value, though the location is inland and the listing does not state the energy class.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely habitable, spacious village house with mountain-facing balconies, a fenced garden, and substantial garage/storage space. The interiors are clean and functional, though strongly dated rather than stylish, so the appeal is more about livability, space, views, and value than architectural beauty.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€11,000 – €19,000
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but dated and would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a five-bedroom property.
- Large garage, upper storage, and garden add practical value but may require maintenance.
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 72/100The cluster is in the Biellese prealps, on the forested slopes above the Cervo and Sessera valleys. The Sessera stream and the Panoramica Zegna road are part of the immediate area, and the upper valley rises toward the Bielmonte side of the mountains. The Oasi Zegna protected area lies within this part of Valdilana and is the main named landscape feature nearby. The nearest ski lifts are at Bielmonte, roughly 20–30 minutes by road depending on the exact hamlet. Biella is the nearest town of size, with full services and a historic upper town. This area is known for the historic wool-textile industry of the Biella district and for the Zegna mountain estate.