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Via F. lli Vigorelli, 2, Gallarate

Gallarate, Lombardia
Bedrooms
2
Baths
0
m²
71
Price per m²
€444
Property type
Apartment

Tribunale: Busto Arsizio RGE: 53/2026 Appartamento ad uso civile abitazione, a parte di complesso condominiale, composto da due locali e servizi con annessi e pertinenziali vano uso ripostiglio al piano cantinato e box autorimessa posto al piano terra con accesso dal civico n. 2. VUOI ACQUISTARE QUESTO IMMOBILE…

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What it really costs

Can you move in?

Move in as it is

In the listingNeeds renovation

The photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.

  • Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Why this price is what it is

This is a judicial auction listing, which carries legal and purchasing risks and is excluded from ordinary home deals. With estimated renovation, the effective cost is about €1,144/m² (€81,200 total), above the local €764/m² benchmark.

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

The illustrative interiors look bright, polished, and immediately livable, especially the modern kitchen, wood floors, and renovated-looking bathroom. However, this is a generic modern apartment rather than a dream Italian home, and the actual condition is unknown because the photos are not real; the listing also says renovation is needed.

Minimum to live in it€350–500/m²
€25,000 – €36,000

Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.

This house
Comfortable
€43,000 – €64,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.

Full€1,200–1,500/m²
€85,000 – €107,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€14,000 – €25,000

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.

Connections and paperworkabout €10,000

Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.

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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800

No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.

Asking price + this range + connections
€85,000 – €106,000
What worries us about this house
  • The listing explicitly says the apartment needs renovation.
  • The photos are illustrative only and are not of the actual property.
  • This is an auction purchase, with legal, viewing, and handover risks to verify.
  • No real view, outdoor space, historic character, or Italian architectural appeal is shown.

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 43/100

The cluster is in the built-up belt of the upper Milan plain between Gallarate, Busto Arsizio and the Malpensa airport area, so the immediate surroundings are urban and industrial rather than open countryside. The Ticino river and the Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino lie just to the west, with woodland, heath and river terraces. Lake Maggiore begins within roughly 15 km at Sesto Calende. Varese is the nearest larger provincial town, with rail connections and services. The area is known for Malpensa airport and the dense manufacturing and logistics corridor of the province.

The comune of Gallarate
People living here
52,902
+4.0% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
24%
14% are under 14
Flood zone
0.9%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
How far to everything
To the sea
136 km
Nearest airport
30 min drive
Nearest city
8 min drive
Property address:Via F. lli Vigorelli, 2
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Asking price

€31,500
Deal score
5/100
Dream
8/100
Wow
48/100

Listed 20/10/2026