Casa unifamiliare su due piani con posto auto
CASA UNIFAMILIARE SU DUE PIANI CON POSTO AUTO. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, porta blindata, cucina, balcone.
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
Estimating EUR 200/m2 for works gives an effective price of about EUR 39,360 (≈EUR 410/m2), slightly below the Lombardy baseline of EUR 418/m2. Habitable condition with 12 photos, garage and balcony supports immediate use, and the listing has only been live 1 day.
More on the house and the area
A compact, two‑floor borgo house that is genuinely habitable and full of old‑town character — a real low‑cost find. Rooms and finishes are basic and will need updating (bathroom/kitchen), and outdoor/parking space is minimal, but the price makes this an attractive starter or renovation project for someone who wants to live in an authentic village setting.
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€6,000 – €11,000
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.
- Small, dated interiors — needs cosmetic updating (kitchen/bathroom).
- External staircase and very limited private outdoor space (tiny balcony / parking space).
- Narrow access in a tight borgo street; limited views and natural light in some rooms.
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 74/100Monte San Giorgio is immediately above the area on the Swiss border, with prealpine wooded slopes and quarry faces linked to the fossil-bearing mountain that is UNESCO-listed across the border. Lake Lugano is a few kilometres east at Porto Ceresio. The cluster sits in the Valceresio, the corridor between Varese and the Mendrisio-Lugano area. Varese is the nearest town of size, with full services and rail connections, and the Swiss centres of Mendrisio and Lugano are also close for daily use. The area is known for the Monte San Giorgio fossil site and for the lake inlets and wooded prealpine ridge landscape of the border zone.