Casa indipendente in Località Casa Massone 6
A Casa Massone, nelle vicinanze di Varzi e lungo la Statale 461 del Passo del Penice, è disponibile un’ampia proprietà con porzione indipendente, terreno di pertinenza e affaccio verso la Valle Staffora. L’abitazione si sviluppa su più livelli e, grazie alla presenza complessiva di 10 locali e 3 bagni, si presta molto bene anche alle esigenze di una famiglia numerosa....
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Price €140,000 for 160 m2 = €875/m2; assuming habitable condition and budgeting ~€200/m2 for works (€32,000) yields an effective ≈€1,075/m2. That is well above the regional median of €493/m2, so despite good photos and a garden the listing looks expensive for this stock and the seller provides no condition/age details.
More on the house and the area
Large, solid multi‑level house with a generous garden and a pleasant valley outlook — a comfortable family home as photographed. Interiors are lived‑in and mostly functional (kitchen, radiators, bathrooms), but parts of the property (attic/unfinished areas and external sheds/roofing) need work and modernization.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- Attic and upper areas are unfinished and will need work to become usable.
- Old corrugated outbuildings/lean-to may contain asbestos or need replacement.
- Interior and finishes are dated — cosmetic updating and some repairs required.
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 58/100The cluster is in the Curone valley in the first ridges of the Ligurian Apennines. The Curone river runs through this area, and the Val Curone is the main local landscape. Parco Naturale Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo is farther south in the same province but outside the immediate 15 km landscape, so it does not define this setting. The nearest larger centre for services is Tortona, with rail links, shops and a hospital. This part of south-eastern Piemonte is known for mixed hills, small woods, fields and scattered villages, with some wine and fruit growing in the wider Tortonese hills.