Villa in Via Medile
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What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €89,000 for 190 sqm, the ask is just €468/sqm; assuming habitable condition from the villa description, garden and 23 photos, the effective cost is about €668/sqm including ~€200/sqm light renovation. That is still only moderately above this catalog’s Lombardia villa baseline of €432/sqm, so it looks like a plausible, spacious house rather than a standout bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable detached home with a sunny panoramic mountain setting, balconies and a fenced garden, so it has genuine live-in appeal. The house appears structurally solid and move-in ready, with functional kitchen, bathroom and finished rooms, but the look is very ordinary and dated rather than dreamy. The wow comes more from the green hillside location and size-for-price than from the architecture itself.
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€13,000 – €21,000
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.
- Interiors look dated and fairly plain rather than atmospheric.
- Exterior spaces and lower garden/outdoor structures need tidying.
- Mountain setting is lovely but this is not an especially photogenic or historic house.
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 68/100The cluster sits in the Valle Imagna in the Bergamasque Prealps. The Imagna valley and the slopes of Monte Resegone are within the local landscape, with wooded ridges and scattered hamlets. The Brembo river valley is nearby to the east. The nearest ski lifts are the small Piani di Bobbio area above Barzio, roughly an hour’s drive depending on the exact hamlet. Bergamo is the nearest city of size, with the Città Alta, major services and rail connections. The area is known for its thermal springs and for stone villages and rural valleys of the Bergamo foothills.