Appartamento in Mortara
Appartamento in Mortara. balcone, cantina.
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is attractive at €552/m² versus roughly €767/m² for comparable homes, but the sparse listing says nothing about condition, bathrooms, or habitability. Allowing about €700/m² for renovation brings the estimated all-in cost to approximately €1,250/m², so the apparent discount is not yet convincing.
More on the house and the area
This is a low-cost, ordinary apartment in a dense residential setting, with only a balcony and cellar indicated. The staged interiors are attractive but appear unrelated or generic, so the real livability and finish level cannot be established from the gallery.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€13,000 – €23,000
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 exterior shows a plain apartment block and shared paved courtyard with no notable view or outdoor setting.
- Most interior images appear to be generic stock photos, some visibly watermarked, so they do not reliably prove the apartment's actual condition.
- The listing records 0 bathrooms and gives no condition, construction-year, or energy information; verify basic habitability and services.
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 42/100Mortara sits in the Lomellina plain, a flat agricultural area between the Ticino and Sesia rivers with extensive rice fields and irrigation canals. The nearest larger town is Vigevano, which has a substantial historic centre focused on Piazza Ducale and the Sforza Castle. Pavia is also within ordinary driving distance for services and rail links. This area is known for rice cultivation and for goose-based food traditions of the Lomellina.