Palazzo - Edificio in Buscate
Palazzo - Edificio in Buscate. Needs renovation, garage, esposizione esterna, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €89,000 (€342/m²), the 260 m² palazzo needs renovation estimated at about €700/m², bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,042/m² versus a local reference of €187/m². The short listing does not say whether the building is currently habitable or provide bathroom and bedroom details.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial old palazzo with a handsome historic façade, decorative balconies, shutters, and a broad roofline. At 260 m² and €89,000 it offers real potential, but it is a renovation project rather than a ready-to-live-in dream home, and the urban setting is practical rather than scenic.
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€51,000 – €91,000
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.
- The property clearly needs substantial renovation, with weathered façades and no finished interior shown.
- The plans suggest a mixed residential/commercial building rather than a straightforward single home.
- No bathrooms, kitchen, utilities, or current interior condition are documented in the listing facts.
- It fronts a busy urban street with limited visible private outdoor space.
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 41/100This is the western Milan plain between the Ticino and Olona basins, with flat agricultural land, irrigation canals and scattered woodland. The Ticino River and Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino lie within reach to the west. Magenta is the nearest larger town, with rail links and services, and Legnano is nearby with a larger urban area and hospitals. The area is known for arable farming and for the network of farmsteads and minor canals of the upper Po plain.