Via Milano, 8, Albavilla
Tribunale: Como RGE: 26/2024 PVP: 4648122 Appartamento di 166 mq al secondo piano in Albavilla LOTTO 12 - Localizzazione: Nel Comune di ALBAVILLA (CO), Via Milano 8, frazione Carcano. Descrizione: Trattasi di appartamento della superficie commerciale di 166,00 mq per la quota di 1/1 di piena posto al secondo piano…
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In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
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This is a judicial auction property, which is a decisive risk for a buyer seeking a straightforward home purchase. The 166 m² apartment is priced at €455/m² versus a local reference of €764/m², but the listing also reports urban, building and cadastral discrepancies, variable ceiling heights, and non-representative photos.
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The advertised interior looks bright and recently modernized, and the surrounding mountain setting could be attractive, but neither can be reliably credited because the photos are explicitly not of the real property. The 166 sqm size and habitable classification are promising, yet the legal discrepancies, attic layout, lack of confirmed bathrooms, and absent real gallery keep this from feeling like a dependable dream home.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- The listing explicitly says the images are indicative and not photographs of the actual property.
- The apartment has reported urban, cadastral, and building irregularities that require verification and may involve costs.
- It is a second-floor attic apartment without an elevator, with ceiling heights ranging from 1.70 m to 3.50 m; no bathroom is listed in the facts.
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 72/100The cluster sits in the Brianza foothills below the Triangolo Lariano, with the pre-Alps rising immediately to the north around Monte Bollettone and the ridge toward the Corni di Canzo. Lake Alserio is within the local area, and the south-western arm of Lake Como begins at Como a short distance away. The area is tied to the Parco Regionale della Valle del Lambro, and the Corni di Canzo and nearby ridges are a well-known local hiking zone. The nearest town of size is Como, with a walled historic centre, rail links and the main services of the province. The area is known for small pre-Alpine lakes, woodland slopes and access from the Brianza plain into the Lake Como and Triangolo Lariano hill country.