Porzione di casa su tre livelli
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Porzione di casa di corte di antica edificazione, sita nel centro storico di Venegono Superiore, che si sviluppa su tre livelli fuori terra e un livello interrato; ha tre pareti perimetrali cieche, in quanto posta in aderenza ad altre unità immobiliari (lati est, ovest e nord) e…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description explicitly says 'ASTA IMMOBILIARE' and 'asta giudiziaria', so this is a judicial auction, which is a veto red flag for this catalog. Even though the ask is €67,500 for 143 sqm (€472/sqm) in a historic-center courtyard house, auction status makes it unsuitable for a standard foreign-buyer deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a functional, habitable townhouse rather than a dream-Italian beauty. The rooms appear finished with kitchen, bathrooms, heating and usable spaces in place, but the exterior is plain, the outlook is just a shared courtyard, and there is little proven character beyond a modest timber roof upstairs. Good value per square metre, but low wow.
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€10,000 – €16,000
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.
- Very plain courtyard setting with only one south-facing exposure.
- Limited natural light likely due to three blind perimeter walls.
- Interiors are usable but feel cramped and somewhat improvised in parts.
- Auction sale may involve extra procedural 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 low hills and wooded belt north-west of Como near the Swiss border. The Lanza valley is the local landform, with mixed woodland, small fields and scattered settlements. Lake Como is outside the 15 km landscape radius, but the city of Como is the nearest major centre and provides the full range of services and rail links. Varese is also nearby for daily services. The area is known more for borderland commuter villages and prealpine woodland than for a single landmark site.