ideale sia come abitazione principale sia come investimento.
ideale sia come abitazione principale sia come investimento.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €82,500 (€1,231/m²), this apartment is already about 61% above the local €767/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €200/m² for an unspecified condition gives an effective cost near €1,431/m². The listing does not state the condition, bathrooms, energy class, or building year, so there is no clear value signal despite the 8 photos.
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€4,000 – €7,000
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.
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 58/100No mountains or lakes within 15 km; the area is the Lombardy low plain northwest of Milan. The Parco Regionale delle Groane, a regional park of pine woods and heath, lies immediately to the east/south-east of Lainate. The Parco del Lura, a linear green corridor along the Lura stream, crosses the local area. Lainate is the location of Villa Visconti Borromeo Litta, with its historic villa and nymphaeum. The Rho–Fiera exhibition complex (Fiera Milano) and the towns of Rho, Arese, Garbagnate Milanese and Saronno are within about 15 km and supply larger shops and services. The A8/A9 motorway network runs close to the town and Milan’s urban area begins to the south-east. Malpensa airport is further to the north-west (roughly 20–30 km). There are no ski lifts or national-park mountain landscapes inside the 15 km radius.