Appartamento via Pirandello 14, Cadorago, Como
Appartamento via Pirandello 14, Cadorago, Como. Habitable, autonomo heating, impianto di allarme, videocitofono, cancello elettrico, fibra ottica, porta blindata, balcone.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €697/m², the asking price is below the local €767/m² reference, but estimated habitable-property costs bring the effective price to about €897/m². The apartment has strong listed amenities and 46 photos, though the listing does not say how many bathrooms it has or provide key building details.
More on the house and the area
This is a practical, finished 99 sqm family apartment with a usable kitchen, multiple bedrooms, heating, updated flooring, and functioning bathrooms. However, its interior is conventional and heavily lived-in, while the exterior and Cadorago setting offer little visual charm or dream-home 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€7,000 – €11,000
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 fully habitable, but the photos show substantial clutter and storage areas that reduce the sense of space.
- No standout view, garden, historic character, or particularly photogenic setting is evident.
- The building and surroundings are ordinary suburban residential rather than distinctly Italian or scenic.
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 48/100The area sits in the Brianza-Comasco belt of settled low hills and plain between Como and Saronno. The Lura river valley runs through this part of the province, with the Parco Locale di Interesse Sovracomunale della Valle del Lura around Cadorago and nearby woodland such as the Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate Regional Park within the local area. Como is the nearest city of size, with the walled historic centre, lakefront services and rail connections. Lake Como is farther north and outside the immediate 15 km landscape. This part of the province is known more for residential and commuter settlements, woods and mixed farmland than for a singular landmark landscape.