Via Isabella Chiodi, 18, Gamalero
Tribunale: Alessandria RGE: 238/2025 PVP: 4607227 Villa a schiera in corso di costruzione composta da piano terreno e primo. L'immobile è al grezzo, con telaio in cemento armato, muri perimetrali in laterizio, mancano alcuni muri e tramezze, gli impianti, i sottofondi, i pavimenti, gli intonaci interni ed esterni, la…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
In the listingRenovatedThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
Must be done first
- Connections
- Wiring
- Plumbing
- Septic tank
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial-auction listing (Tribunale RGE) for a 269 m² unit offered 'al grezzo' (shell) despite the 'Renovated' tag — a direct contradiction and auction risk. Estimated finishing ≈ €1,100/m² → renovation ≈ €295,900, so total ≈ €349,930 (~€1,301/m²), well above the regional baseline €350/m²; auction status makes this high-risk for typical buyers.
More on the house and the area
Images show high-end kitchens and marble-style bathrooms, but the legal description says this 269 m² townhouse is an unfinished shell. Great price and size for a renovation project, but not a move-in home — it's a substantial rebuild/fit-out job.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€107,000 – €158,000
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.
- The unit is sold 'al grezzo' (unfinished shell): missing floors, internal/external plaster, many walls/partitions, staircase, windows/doors, plumbing/electrical and connections to municipal services.
- Photos in the ad are indicative/staged and do not represent the current real condition of the property.
- Urban/courtyard setting with no scenic view; full finishing, utilities and permits will be required — significant additional cost and time.
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 52/100The cluster sits in the flat to gently rolling countryside of the lower Bormida and Orba area, between the Monferrato hills and the plain around Alessandria. The Bormida runs a few kilometres east of Gamalero, and the Tanaro is also nearby in the wider Alessandria plain. Within about 15 km the main centres are Alessandria and Acqui Terme; Alessandria has the full range of city services and rail connections, while Acqui Terme is a spa town with a substantial historic centre. This part of Piemonte is known for mixed farming and for the wine landscape of the wider Monferrato area, but the core scenery around the village itself is ordinary lowland and cultivated fields rather than a singular named landscape.