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VALBREMBILLA CIELO/TERRA IN CENTRO AL PAESE In posizione centrale di Val Brembilla, alla portata di tutti i servizi, proponiamo in vendita intero fabbricato composto da: - PIANO TERRA: negozio con tre vetrine fronte strada e laboratorio (mq. 150); - PIANO PRIMO: un appartamento trilocale con servizi più un appartamento bilocale con servizi entrambi da ristrutturare, balcone e...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €98,000 (€215/m²), the 455 m² building includes 150 m² of shop/laboratory space and two apartments explicitly needing renovation. Assuming roughly €700/m² renovation, effective cost is about €915/m² versus a €160/m² Lombardia baseline, making this unattractive despite its central location.
More on the house and the area
A substantial traditional town-center palazzo with shutters, an ornate balcony, and attractive mountain surroundings. However, the visible interiors are empty and worn, while the apartments are explicitly sold for renovation, so this is a major live-work conversion project rather than a move-in 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.
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€90,000 – €160,000
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 apartments and interior spaces appear to require substantial renovation.
- The ground floor is commercial space/laboratory, so this is a mixed-use project rather than a ready home.
- No kitchens, bathrooms, or finished living areas are shown in the gallery.
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 is in the Bergamasque Prealps, in the Valle Imagna area, with wooded slopes and small pasture clearings around the villages. The Imagna stream valley is the local river landscape. The nearest larger mountain centre is San Pellegrino Terme in the Brembana system, which has shops, services and Liberty-era spa buildings. Bergamo is the nearest city of size for daily services and transport. The area is known for prealpine walking country, small stone villages and dairy and mountain-food traditions of the Bergamo valleys.