Trilocale in Via Santa Croce 1
In una tranquilla palazzina, proponiamo in vendita un appartamento trilocale di circa 90 mq, libero dal 1° febbraio 2027. L’immobile è composto da ingresso, cucina abitabile con accesso al balcone, ampio soggiorno con secondo balcone, due camere da letto e bagno. Completano la proprietà un’autorimessa e una cantina.
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 €98,000 (€1,089/m²), this apartment is already about 42% above the local €766/m² benchmark before allowing roughly €18,000 for ordinary updating, or about €1,289/m² effective. It includes a garage, cellar and balconies, but the listing does not say whether the property is renovated or immediately habitable.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid, usable 90 sqm apartment with balconies, garage, cellar, functioning bathroom, and plenty of natural light. However, the interiors feel like an older office or institutional fit-out rather than a beautiful Italian home, and the building and surroundings are entirely ordinary.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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 apartment appears functional but dated, especially the bathroom and finishes.
- The listing is available only from February 2027, and the kitchen is not shown in the gallery.
- This is a standard apartment-block setting with no proven scenic view, garden, or distinctive historic character.
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 52/100The area is in the lower Varese hills between the Olona valley and the belt of woods and morainic terrain that leads toward Lake Varese and the pre-Alps. The Campo dei Fiori massif and the Varese Prealps are visible within the wider 15 km landscape to the north. The Parco Regionale Campo dei Fiori begins farther north around the Varese side and is not the immediate setting here. Varese is the nearest town of size, with a historic centre, services and rail links. Around Caronno Varesino the landscape is mixed woodland, small cultivated areas, scattered villages and roads tied to the Malpensa-Milan corridor. The area is known locally for vineyards and for the line of small prealpine foothill settlements in southern Varese province.