Casa indipendente in Via Somisso 8
Casa indipendente composta da due appartamenti, locale ex bottega, box e posto auto privato nel caratteristico nucleo di Laveno Mombello. COMPOSIZIONE Proprietà indipendente disposta su più livelli, composta da due unità abitative oltre locale ex bottega al piano terra. Piano terra con appartamento composto da soggiorno con angolo cottura, disimpegno e bagno, oltre ex bottega di circa 59...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €69,000, the property is priced at €358/m², about 24% below the local €469/m² benchmark. However, the listing does not state the condition, and the former shop plus two separate apartments could require substantial work; allowing roughly €500/m² renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,058/m².
More on the house and the area
A characterful old village house with weathered façades, balconies, traditional shutters, mature greenery and attractive vintage terrazzo floors and furnishings. It is a real, roofed property with kitchens and bathrooms, but the interiors are heavily dated and show significant damp and maintenance issues, making it a renovation project rather than a ready-to-live dream home.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€22,000 – €38,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed: widespread damp, peeling plaster, old wiring and dated bathrooms/kitchen.
- The property is split into two apartments plus a former shop, so layouts and systems may require modernization.
- No compelling lake or mountain view is shown despite the Laveno-Mombello location.
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 86/100Lake Maggiore is at the town, with the long western shore of the Varese side and views across to the Borromean Gulf and the lower Ossola mountains. The Campo dei Fiori Regional Park and the first Varese Prealps are nearby, and the Monte Sasso del Ferro cable car rises above Laveno to the ridge over the lake. The nearest larger town is Varese, with full services, rail links and provincial institutions. The area is known for lake travel on Maggiore, ferries across to Intra, and for the ceramic tradition of Laveno.