Via per Ceresane, 26, Mongrando
Tribunale: Biella RGE: 71/2024 PVP: 4617777 fabbricato di civile abitazione elevato a due piani fuori terra oltre al piano seminterrato e al piano sottotetto su terreno censito al Catasto Terreni al foglio 18 particella 106, e.u. di are 2,10 (due e dieci) così composto:-al piano seminterrato: tre locali…
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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 a judicial auction listing (Tribunale), which adds legal/risk complexity — treat as a trap. Price €68,775 + estimated works €200/m²×183m² = €36,600 → effective ≈ €105,375 (≈€576/m²), well above the local median €350/m²; the ad also warns the images are not the real photos.
More on the house and the area
Big, solid townhouse (cellar, garage, multiple bedrooms) that is genuinely habitable and excellent value for the size. It’s an ordinary town property rather than a romantic hilltop or lakeside dream, and the attic is unfinished — verify real photos, floorplans and auction/legal status before bidding.
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€12,000 – €20,000
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 images are indicative and not photos of the actual property
- Property is an auction lot (Tribunale) — legal/possession complexities possible
- Sottotetto (attic) is described as 'rustico' / unfinished
- Energy class unknown; may need upgrades or paperwork
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 68/100The cluster sits on the Serra d'Ivrea, the long morainic ridge left by the Balteo glacier, with wooded slopes and a sequence of small hill villages between Biella and Ivrea. The Elvo valley and the lower Biellese prealps are nearby, and the higher Biella Alps rise to the north within the local horizon. The nearest substantial town is Biella, which has full services, a railway terminus, and the wool-textile heritage for which the area is known. The Oasi Zegna mountain area is farther north in the Biella Alps, but not inside the immediate 15 km landscape.