Rustico
Asta immobiliare: Trattasi di Porzione di immobile allo stato pressochè rustico su piano terreno e primo composto da un vano deposito, tre ripostigli, un wc e portico a piano terreno; sovrastante deposito semiaperto a piano primo. Data asta
What it really costs
- Sold at judicial auction
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Judicial auction ('Asta immobiliare') is an automatic veto. The description says deposito/ripostigli and a semi-open upper deposit, with a nearly rustic state and no dwelling use, so despite the low €95/m² asking price this is not a normal habitable house listing.
More on the house and the area
The timber-and-brick barn look is atmospheric and photogenic, especially at this ultra-low price. But the listing describes a near-rustic storage building with utility spaces rather than a livable house, so this is a conversion project, not a ready dream home.
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€40,000 – €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.
- Mostly rustic storage space, not a finished home
- Only one WC mentioned; no real kitchen or living rooms shown
- Semi-open upper floor suggests major conversion work
- Auction sale adds uncertainty and complexity
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 52/100The area is in the lower Varese hills between the Olona valley and the belt of woods and morainic terrain that leads toward Lake Varese and the pre-Alps. The Campo dei Fiori massif and the Varese Prealps are visible within the wider 15 km landscape to the north. The Parco Regionale Campo dei Fiori begins farther north around the Varese side and is not the immediate setting here. Varese is the nearest town of size, with a historic centre, services and rail links. Around Caronno Varesino the landscape is mixed woodland, small cultivated areas, scattered villages and roads tied to the Malpensa-Milan corridor. The area is known locally for vineyards and for the line of small prealpine foothill settlements in southern Varese province.