Appartamento a Cesano Maderno
APPARTAMENTO A CESANO MADERNO. Habitable, autonomo heating, esposizione esterna, impianto tv centralizzato.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €59,000 plus an estimated €9,600 to make the 48 m² apartment fully comfortable, the effective cost is about €1,429/m²—roughly 87% above the local €764/m² benchmark. It is habitable with autonomous heating, but the price leaves little value margin.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, habitable apartment with a functioning kitchen, heating, bathroom, and usable rooms, but it is a basic suburban home rather than an Italian dream property. The pink exterior and small balcony add some character, while the interiors are dated, cramped, and visually unremarkable.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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.
- Interiors are dated and heavily cluttered, with likely cosmetic updating needed.
- Very narrow bathroom and modest 48 sqm layout.
- Urban shared setting with no visible garden or meaningful view.
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 50/100The area is in the Brianza belt of low hills between Como and Monza, with dense settlement, small woods and cultivated land. Lake Alserio lies within reach to the north, and the southern branch of Lake Como begins around Como. The nearest substantial town is Como, which has a walled historic centre, rail links and services, and Monza and Milan are part of the wider daily orbit. This part of Brianza is known for furniture and small-industry districts rather than for a single protected landscape or monument cluster inside the immediate area.