Casa indipendente in Cantone Chiocchetti, 3, Curino,
Rara opportunità, proprietà composta da due fabbricati indipendenti con esteso terreno recintato. Il fabbricato principale indipendente sui quattro lati disposto su tre livelli oltre a scantinato e composto da spaziosa cucina, soggiorno, servizio e ripostiglio al piano terreno. Quattro locali ai piani superiori con…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
Must be done first
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €53,000 (€183/m²), the price is 41% below the local €308/m² benchmark, but the second building and rustic rooms require substantial work. After allowing roughly €72,500 for renovation, the effective cost is about €433/m²; the large 290 m² property and flat enclosed land add value, though Curino is inland and not a high-demand location.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely usable, spacious home with a large flat fenced garden, productive-looking greenery, balconies, and attractive exposed-brick rural character. The main house is furnished and livable rather than an empty shell, while the second building and covered work area offer substantial renovation or guest-use potential. At €53,000 for roughly 290 sqm plus land, it has a strong bargain effect, though it lacks a dramatic view and needs updating.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €250/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€24,000 – €41,000
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 habitable but interiors are dated and largely unmodernized.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a very large property.
- The second independent building requires renovation; heating, energy performance, and systems should be verified.
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 68/100The cluster is in the eastern Biellese, on the first hills between the Cervo and Sesia basins, with the Pennine Alps visible to the north and the lower Serra moraine ridge and rice plain toward Vercelli to the south. The Sessera valley and the Colline Biellesi are within the local landscape, and the Baraggia plateau lies nearby, a heath-and-pasture area unusual in Piedmont. The nearest town of size is Biella, which has full services and a historic upper town at Biella Piazzo. Ricetto di Candelo, a preserved medieval fortified shelter-village, is within the area. The area is known for small hill vineyards around Lessona and Bramaterra and for the transition from pre-alpine foothills to the Vercelli plain.