Bilocale in Via Antonio Gramsci
Cilavegna, centro paese, proponiamo in esclusiva un ampio bilocale in palazzina restaurata nel 2011, posto al piano primo e composto da: ingresso in soggiorno con angolo cottura, disimpegno, bagno con vasca, camera da letto e balcone. Posto auto di proprietà. Termoautonomo. Ottime condizioni generali. Libero…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
A 70 m² apartment in good condition costs €857/m², but allowing roughly €200/m² for updates puts the effective cost near €1,057/m²—about 38% above the local comparison level of €765/m². The restored building, central location, private parking and balcony support livability, but the asking price is not especially discounted.
More on the house and the area
A bright, well-maintained 70 m² apartment in a photogenic restored courtyard building, with attractive arches, shutters, balcony and private parking. It looks genuinely move-in ready apart from fitting the kitchen, but the setting is ordinary village-center rather than scenic and the interiors offer little historic or design character.
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€5,000 – €8,000
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 kitchen appears not to be installed, only prepared with connections and a boiler.
- No meaningful landscape or town view; the balcony overlooks an internal parking courtyard.
- The interiors are clean and usable but very plain and largely unfurnished.
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 35/100This is in the Lomellina plain, a flat agricultural area between the Po and Ticino systems, with a landscape dominated by rice fields, irrigation canals and scattered farmsteads. The nearest town of some size is Vigevano, which has a substantial historic centre and services. The area is known for rice cultivation.