Via Paolo Bocca, 93, Rivalta Bormida
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 125/2025 PVP: 4581432 Unità immobiliare residenziale, facente parte di fabbricato di vecchissima costruzione, posto in prima cintura periferica rispetto al concentrico del Comune di Rivalta Bormida. L'accesso all'interno dell'unità immobiliare viene praticato esternamente da piccola…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
Must be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction (Tribunale: Alessandria) so the property is sold via auction and falls under exclusion. Listed price €28,125 (€82/m²) plus estimated renovation ~€700/m² gives an effective ≈€782/m² versus the regional baseline €350/m².
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The interior photos show bright, neutral rooms and recent finishes, but the legal description makes clear this is an old semi‑independent townhouse that requires renovation and lacks insulation/waterproofing. It’s a real bargain for the quoted size, yet not a turnkey dream home — budget for remedial works and verify utilities, bathrooms and roof condition before buying.
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€68,000 – €121,000
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.
- Listed as "needs renovation" and description notes no thermal/acoustic insulation or impermeabilizzazione (roof/ waterproofing)
- Photos are inconsistent and may not represent the whole unit’s condition
- No bathrooms recorded in the facts (baths = 0.0) — verify services and liveability
- Semi‑independent old building with shared walls and small external yard — expect structural/roof checks
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 61/100The area sits in the Alto Monferrato hills, with vineyard country and mixed wooded ridges around the Bormida valley. The Bormida river runs nearby. Acqui Terme is the nearest larger town, with a substantial historic centre, Roman remains and thermal facilities. This part of southern Alessandria province is known for wine, especially the Monferrato vineyard landscape.