Casale/cascina in Via Stradale Provinciale, 6, Pray,
Posizionata in centro paese, comoda a tutti i servizi primari, questa proprietà composta da fabbricato rustico completamente indipendente con terreno pianeggiante recintato di circa mq. 1200 permette di ricavare un abitazione di circa mq. 95 oltre all'eventuale soppalco e uno spazio uso servizi ( scala, magazzino, autorimessa).
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €37,000 (€389/m²), estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €103,500, or €1,089/m²—well above the local €260/m² reference. The central village location and 1,200 m² fenced plot help, but the building is a rustic structure that still needs conversion into a home, with costs and approvals not specified.
More on the house and the area
The property offers a generous fenced 1,200 sqm plot, a traditional terracotta-tile roof, exposed brickwork, and pleasant wooded hills nearby. However, the photos show an open-sided agricultural structure with no finished living spaces, so it is a renovation project rather than a usable home today.
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€19,000 – €34,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- This is an unfinished rural outbuilding rather than a livable home: no visible kitchen, bathroom, or finished interior.
- Substantial renovation and conversion work will be needed to create the proposed approximately 95 sqm residence.
- The property is in a built-up village setting, with utility connections and planning permissions requiring verification.
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 66/100The area sits in the lower Biellese valleys at the edge of the Pennine Alps, with wooded slopes and small settlements along the Sessera valley. The Sessera river runs through this part of the valley. The nearest substantial mountain area is the Oasi Zegna and the Bielmonte zone, with ski lifts around Bielmonte at roughly a 25-minute drive. The nearest town of size is Biella, which has full services, rail connections and a historic centre. This part of the province is known for textile mills and for the transition from the Po-side plain into the alpine foothills.