Cassinasco
Tribunale: Asti RGE: 164/2022 PVP: 4625348 Unità abitativa in zona agricola tra il comune di Cassinasco e quello di Canelli, oltre a locale magazzino-deposito, autorimessa e terreni in Regione Garlavasca Unità abitativa in zona agricola tra il comune di Cassinasco e quello di Canelli oltre a…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial-auction listing (Tribunale: Asti) offered at €28,500 for 285 m² (≈€100/m²); estimated renovation ~€700/m² gives an effective cost ≈€800/m² versus the regional baseline €349/m². Images are stated as indicative/not the real photos and the property sits in an agricultural zone with storage/land — auction sale and inconsistent photo claims make this high-risk.
More on the house and the area
The supplied photos show bright, spacious modern interiors, but they are not actual images of this property. The real unit is sold at a very low price and requires renovation (and possibly installation of bathrooms/utilities), so it’s a project rather than a ready-to-live-in dream home.
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€56,000 – €100,000
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.
- Listing photos are indicative/stock and explicitly not the real images of the property.
- Official listing states the unit "needs renovation" and shows 0 bathrooms — likely not move‑in ready.
- Rural/agricultural location between Cassinasco and Canelli may require transport, utility or access 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 82/100Canelli sits in the wine hills between the Belbo valley and the Langhe-Monferrato ridge system. This is vineyard country, with the UNESCO wine landscape of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato covering Canelli and the surrounding hills. The nearest larger towns are Nizza Monferrato and Asti, with full daily services and rail connections, while Alba is the main centre for the Langhe wine area. The area is known for sparkling wine production, especially Asti Spumante and Moscato d'Asti, and for the underground wine cellars known as the Cattedrali Sotterranee, part of the UNESCO inscription.