Con box auto!
Con box auto!. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, caminetto, mansarda, taverna, impianto di allarme, esposizione esterna, armadio a muro, balcone, arredato, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Including an estimated €200/m² for works gives an effective cost of about €122,000 total → ~€871/m² (94k + 28k = 122k / 140 m²), which is well above the regional baseline of €418/m². The house is habitable and well-equipped (garage, cellar, fireplace, attic) with 28 photos, but the effective price is significantly higher than typical local stock.
More on the house and the area
A solid, habitable 140 m² townhouse with garage, cellar, fireplace and attic — a real home you could move into and improve. Pleasant wooded/rocky setting gives character (not a panoramic view) and the interior is lived‑in but dated, so expect cosmetic work to make it your dream house.
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€9,000 – €16,000
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.
- narrow uphill road with limited immediate parking
- interiors are dated and will need cosmetic updating / modernization
- only one bathroom for a 3‑bed house
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 86/100Lake Maggiore is at the town, with the long western shore of the Varese side and views across to the Borromean Gulf and the lower Ossola mountains. The Campo dei Fiori Regional Park and the first Varese Prealps are nearby, and the Monte Sasso del Ferro cable car rises above Laveno to the ridge over the lake. The nearest larger town is Varese, with full services, rail links and provincial institutions. The area is known for lake travel on Maggiore, ferries across to Intra, and for the ceramic tradition of Laveno.