Via Montebello, 64, Sale
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 257/2024 PVP: 4622231 Fabbricato di abitazione di 3 piani fuori terra con annesso sedime di corte sul quale insistono, in corpo separato, due piccoli fabbricati adibiti il primo a cantina e portico e il secondo a locale di sgombero e fienile. Collegata al portico è presente anche una…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a tribunal/auction listing (RGE/asta), which is a legal-risk veto for typical buyers. Listed at €21,969 for 481 m² but described as 'Needs renovation' (estimated ~€700/m² → ~€337k renovation), so effective cost is far higher than the ask.
More on the house and the area
Large three‑storey townhouse with courtyard and outbuildings; photos show attractive interiors and a handsome historic facade. Good size and a true bargain, but sold at auction and requiring substantial renovation (and likely new bathrooms/utilities) before it’s a move‑in home.
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€95,000 – €169,000
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.
- Property sold at auction (RGE) — legal/administrative process required
- Listed condition: 'Needs renovation' — likely significant works
- Baths listed as 0.0 — expect to add/restore bathrooms/plumbing
- Listing notes images may be indicative and not the actual photos
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 34/100This is the flat lower Scrivia plain near the Scrivia River, with cultivated fields and scattered settlements between Tortona and Alessandria. Tortona is the nearest town of size and has rail links, services and a historic centre. The wider area is known for agriculture and for lying on the route corridor between Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardy.