Via Mentana, 8, Albavilla
Tribunale: Como RGE: 26/2024 PVP: 4648115 Fabbricato a rustico con locale deposito in Albavilla LOTTO 5 - Localizzazione: Nel Comune di ALBAVILLA (CO), Via Mentana 8, frazione Vill'Albese. Descrizione: A. Trattasi di fabbricato a rustico della superficie commerciale di 161,00 mq (catastale mq 142) per la quota di 1/1…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listing- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
Must be done first
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction for a 161 m² rustic building with obsolete systems, no heating, and only a disused toilet; the listing also includes a 47 m² open storage space. At an estimated €1,100/m² renovation cost, the effective cost is about €223,000, and the advertised images are explicitly non-real.
More on the house and the area
The pictured interiors are bright, polished, and spacious, while the old courtyard architecture suggests some historic character. However, the actual listing is a three-story rustic building requiring substantial renovation, without heating and with no functioning bathroom, so it is a major project rather than a livable home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€64,000 – €94,000
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 photos are illustrative and not of the actual property.
- This is a rustic shell with obsolete systems, no heating, and only a disused toilet; it is not currently livable.
- Auction purchase, shared access, and easements may create additional practical and legal complications.
- No meaningful exterior view, private garden, or usable land 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 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.