Dronero : casa indipendente
Immersa nel verde e in un contesto tranquillo, ma allo stesso tempo comoda al centro e ai principali servizi, proponiamo in vendita casa indipendente libera su tre lati, completa di giardino privato. L’abitazione si sviluppa su due livelli. Al piano terra troviamo una cucina, un’accogliente tavernetta, un bagno, la…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Listed at €85,000 for 228 m² (€373/m²) and estimated updates €200/m² add €45,600, yielding an effective €130,600 or about €573/m². That effective price is ~83% above the regional baseline of €312/m², so despite being habitable with 24 photos and a garage/garden, this looks overpriced for the market.
More on the house and the area
A large, solid Piemonte farmhouse with attractive exterior character (exposed roof timbers, stone gable, long balcony) and its own sloping garden/woodland — clearly a real, livable home. Interiors are intact and move-inable though a bit dated, so this is a strong bargain for someone wanting roomy rural living with light-to-moderate updating.
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€15,000 – €25,000
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.
- Habitable and lived-in but interiors are dated and will need cosmetic updating.
- Upper-level living is reached by an external staircase (access consideration).
- Views are pleasant (woodland and distant mountains) but not sweeping panorama.
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 sits in the lower Valle Maira at the point where the valley opens onto the Cuneo plain, with the Cottian Alps rising immediately to the west. The Maira river runs through Dronero. The valley above Dronero is the main named landscape within reach, with a sequence of alpine villages, side valleys and higher pasture and larch country as it climbs toward the upper Alps. Dronero itself has a substantial historic centre and the Ponte del Diavolo, the medieval stone bridge over the Maira. Cuneo is the nearest town of size, with full services, rail connections and a larger urban centre on the plain. The area is known for access into the Maira Valley and for the Occitan culture of the western Cuneo valleys.