Villetta a schiera in Via Silvio Pellico 6
Casa semiindipendente da ristrutturare con giardino e vista panoramica – Dumenza L’immobile richiede interventi di riattazione e offre la flessibilità di ricavare due unità abitative distinte. La casa si sviluppa su due livelli: al piano seminterrato si trovano tre ampie cantine con portico; ai piani superiori sono…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €63,000 asking price is attractive at €315/m², about 25% below comparable local stock, and the house offers 200 m², a garden, parking and potential for two units near Lago Maggiore. However, it requires renovation, bringing the estimated all-in cost to roughly €283,000 (€1,415/m²); the listing does not say how extensive the structural or systems work will be.
More on the house and the area
A substantial 200 sqm village townhouse with handsome stone outbuildings, balconies, private garden, and genuinely beautiful wooded mountain views. The interior is clearly usable, with bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, floors, and utilities visible, but it is dated and needs real renovation. Its characterful borgo setting and generous space make it a convincing live-in project rather than a mere ruin.
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€79,000 – €117,000
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 house requires renovation and updating rather than being fully move-in ready.
- Interiors are functional but dated, with basic finishes and furnishings.
- The private garden and parking area are detached from the house, about 15 meters away.
- Energy class G suggests potentially high heating costs.
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 76/100The cluster is in the lower Veddasca valley on the slopes above Lake Maggiore, with the lake reached at Maccagno in a few kilometres. The area is part of the pre-Alpine belt on the Swiss border, with wooded ridges and valleys around Monte Lema and Monte Tamaro across the frontier. The Tresa river valley is nearby and links Lake Lugano to Lake Maggiore. The nearest town of some size is Luino on Lake Maggiore, which has rail links, ferry services and the usual shops and services for the upper Verbano. Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca on the lake has a marina and lakeside services. The area is known for its lake-and-mountain setting on the eastern side of northern Lake Maggiore and for cross-border access toward the Swiss canton of Ticino.