Via Umberto I, 3, Rocchetta Ligure
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 27/2019 PVP: 4605905 Villa nel centro abitato di Rocchetta Ligure, appena fuori la porta sud della cittadina. Si sviluppa su due piani fuori terra collegati da scala interna, con giardino e cortile pertinenziali. Divisa in due appartamenti, ma utilizzata come una sola villa di proprietà…
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is an auction listing (Tribunale/asta), so it cannot be bought as a normal sale and is treated as a trap. The price €31,331 for 327 m² (€96/m²) is far below the regional median €308/m², but the ad lacks building year and energy class and warns that photos are only indicative.
More on the house and the area
Some images show high-end, finished interiors and a sleek bathroom while another shows an old, worn bedroom — the villa is described as habitable and split into two apartments but occupied. This could be a characterful, liveable home if the good-finish areas are real, however you must obtain actual photos/inspection before relying on the listing.
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€21,000 – €37,000
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.
- Listing states the photos are indicative/not the real images for this property.
- Property is listed as occupied which may complicate inspection and takeover.
- Photos show inconsistent condition (some rooms look newly finished, another looks neglected) — verify actual state, utilities and roof.
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 69/100The cluster is in the upper Val Borbera of the Ligurian Apennines, with wooded ridges and narrow valleys around it. The Borbera river runs through this area, and the valley is known for clear swimming spots in summer. Much of the surrounding upland falls in or beside the Parco Naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo, the protected Apennine area on the Piemonte-Liguria divide. The nearest substantial town is Novi Ligure, which provides the main services and rail links for this part of the province. The area is known for chestnut woods, scattered stone hamlets, and the old pastoral route country between the Po side and the Ligurian side of the Apennines.