Via Orti Grandi, 8, Sale
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 47/2025 PVP: 4601487 Immobile a uso residenziale, sito in area esterne e rurale rispetto al concentrico del tessuto urbano del Comune di Sale. Fabbricato a forma rettangolare composto sia da porzione residenziale che da parte agricola (deposito, fienile) e con ampia porzione di corte…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction listing, which we flag as a trap for normal-market scoring. At €36,000 for 201 m² and condition 'Needs renovation' (≈€700/m² → €140,700 renovation), the effective price ≈€176,700 (~€879/m²) vs regional baseline €261/m², so renovation costs push it well above typical market values.
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The advertised price and lot (large farmhouse with corte and fienile) offer clear potential, but the listing explicitly says the building needs renovation. The photos show attractive, finished interiors that are not of the real property — treat this as a renovation project with good upside rather than a move‑in ready dream 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€40,000 – €71,000
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.
- Ad says images are indicative and do NOT represent the real property — photos in the gallery don’t match the farmhouse description.
- Listing states property “needs renovation” (farmhouse with fienile/deposit) — expect works on interior/roof/utilities and to make spaces habitable.
- Rural/outbuilding layout and legal/title checks needed (confirm habitable certificates, access, heating, water, and electrical systems).
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.