VIA PONTE CIUDRINO, Premana
VIA PONTE CIUDRINO, Premana. autonomo heating, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is very low at €141/m², about 66% below the local €417/m² benchmark. However, the listing is extremely vague, gives no condition or bathroom information, and the 168 m² townhouse would likely require substantial renovation, bringing its effective cost above the benchmark.
More on the house and the area
This is a remarkably large 168 sqm property at a very low price, with bright modern flooring, updated windows, heating, and at least one finished bathroom. However, it lacks Italian character or a compelling view, and the missing kitchen plus incomplete-looking areas make actual move-in readiness uncertain.
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€33,000 – €59,000
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 gallery does not show a kitchen, and the listed bathroom count is unclear.
- Some finishing work appears incomplete, especially the shower-room doorway and fittings.
- The home is in a generic apartment-style building with no private garden or distinctive setting shown.
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 71/100The cluster is in the upper Valsassina under the Orobic Prealps, with steep wooded slopes and high pasture above the village. The Varrone runs down the side valley here and joins the Pioverna lower in Valsassina. The nearest ski lifts are the small local slopes at Alpe Paglio near Casargo, roughly a 20 minute drive, with larger lifts farther away outside the 15 km radius. Bellano and the east shore of Lake Como are about 15 km away at the valley outlet, which matters for access but the lake is not at the doorstep. The nearest town of some size is Lecco farther down the province; in daily life the reference centres are Casargo and the Valsassina settlements. Premana is known in Lombardy for metalworking, especially knives and scissors, and for its mountain pastures and summer trekking routes.