Bilocale in Via A. Volta 59
In piccola corte OTTIMO appartamento composto da soggiorno, cottura, camera matrimoniale, bagno, ripostiglio. DA VEDERE! LIBERO SUBITO!
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €89,000 (€1,271/m²), this apartment is already about 67% above the local €762/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €14,000 for light updating brings the effective cost to about €1,471/m². The description calls it excellent and immediately available, but it does not state the condition, construction year, or energy rating, and there is no notable location premium.
More on the house and the area
This is a clean, fully usable apartment in a small courtyard, with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, tiled floors, and several furnished rooms. However, the appeal is practical rather than dreamy: the interiors are dated and cluttered, and the photos show no special view, garden, or strong architectural character.
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€5,000 – €8,000
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.
- Dated interiors and furnishings would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- No notable view, garden, terrace, or distinctive historic features are shown.
- The apartment appears compact, with limited 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 34/100The area lies on the northern edge of the upper Po plain in the built-up belt between Saronno and the southern Comasco, with the first Prealpine relief farther north rather than inside the immediate surroundings. The Lura valley park system runs through this part of the province, with wooded strips and farmland between towns. Saronno is the nearest larger town and provides rail links, shops and services. Como and the branch of Lake Como are reachable for daily life but are outside the immediate 15 km landscape, so they do not define the setting here.