Appartamento in Vicolo Sant'Elena
ITAL HOME CASE DELL’ISOLA PROPONE, tra Suisio e Bottanuco, in posizione favorevole rispetto ai principali collegamenti, una porzione di fabbricato indipendente, libera su tre lati, sviluppata su tre livelli per circa 210 mq complessivi, con cortile privato di circa 100 mq. L’immobile necessita di una riqualificazione…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €80,000 asking price is just €381/m², but complete redevelopment estimated at about €1,100/m² brings the effective cost to roughly €1,481/m², nearly double the local €765/m² benchmark. The listing does not confirm current residential status or that the proposed conversion and subdivision are legally feasible.
More on the house and the area
The property has some appealing historic texture, including exposed brick and stone walls, an old fireplace and timber details. However, the gallery shows a cluttered, largely unfinished building with rudimentary services rather than a livable home, so it is primarily a substantial renovation project.
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€83,000 – €123,000
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.
- Requires complete renovation before it can function as a comfortable home.
- Only one bathroom is listed for 210 sqm and seven bedrooms.
- Photos show cluttered, dark interiors with unfinished surfaces; utilities and structural condition need verification.
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 56/100The cluster sits in the lower Adda area, with the Adda river and its wooded banks within reach. This is the transition zone between the Bergamo plain and the first Brianza hills, with a mixed landscape of river corridor, cultivated land and small historic villages. The nearest larger centres are Bergamo and the Merate–Vimercate–Monza urban belt, which provide full services and employment but also make the area partly suburban in character. Solza is known locally for the Visconti-related history of the lower Adda and for the river landscape around Trezzo, Calusco and Paderno.