Predosa
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 38/2024 PVP: 4602328 Bene 1 Fabbricato disposto su 3 piani f.t. parzialmente ristrutturato con locali accessori (ex fabbricati rurali da ristrutturare)e cortile pertinenziale di circa mq.1000. Il piano terra è composto da ingresso, due camere, due bagni, locale sgombero uso c.t., locale…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction listing (RGE/PVP) so purchase follows court procedures — auction sales are a veto for normal retail buyers. Price €15,225 + estimated €200/m² renovation (530 m² → €106,000) → effective ≈ €121,225 (~€229/m²) vs regional median €350/m²; the ad also states images are only indicative.
More on the house and the area
Photos show attractive, modernized interiors and bright rooms with nice views, so the house could feel like a dream home once finished. Reality: the estate is large (530 sqm) with substantial accessory buildings and a 1,000 sqm courtyard that require further renovation, so it’s a promising but mixed-condition purchase.
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€35,000 – €59,000
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.
- Advertised images are indicative/stock — not guaranteed to be the actual rooms of this property.
- Property is only partially renovated; several outbuildings and some rooms are described as in precarious condition and will need work.
- Sale by auction can carry legal/administrative complexity and additional costs (checks, transfer, possible arrears).
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 41/100The cluster sits in the lower Piedmont plain around the Orba valley, with the Bormida valley also nearby. This is mixed agricultural country between Alessandria, Novi Ligure and Ovada, with fields, scattered farmhouses and low hills starting farther south toward the Ligurian Apennines. The nearest town of size is Alessandria, which has the main rail and road services of the province, while Novi Ligure is another practical centre nearby. The wider area is known for wine zones and for the approach to the hills of the Ovadese, but within the immediate radius around Predosa the landscape is mainly ordinary lowland countryside.