Casa bifamiliare in Via Donizetti Gaetano 49
CALUSCO D'ADDA CENTRO – PORZIONE DI CASA DA RISTRUTTURARE CON BOX DOPPIO E TETTO NUOVO In posizione centralissima a Calusco d'Adda, comoda con tutti i principali servizi e facilmente raggiungibili anche a piedi, proponiamo in vendita un'interessante porzione di casa da ristrutturare, ideale per chi cerca una soluzione…
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
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €69,000 (€358/m²), the 193 m² house needs substantial renovation, bringing the estimated effective cost to about €1,058/m² versus a local reference of €406/m². The listing notes a new roof and double garage, but does not state the exact condition, energy performance, or construction year.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, colorful town-center house with a new roof, covered courtyard, garage, exposed old masonry, timber elements, and distant views toward the hills and church tower. However, the interior is essentially a renovation project with unfinished attic and rooms, dated utility spaces, visible deterioration, and no furnished living accommodation, so its low price reflects work still needed rather than immediate dream-home appeal.
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€38,000 – €68,000
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 required: interiors are raw, cluttered, and not currently livable.
- No finished kitchen or clearly usable living areas are shown; plumbing, wiring, heating, and permits need verification.
- The property is in a dense town-center setting with shared/overlooked courtyard space rather than private land.
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 56/100The cluster sits in the lower Adda area, with the Adda river and its wooded banks within reach. This is the transition zone between the Bergamo plain and the first Brianza hills, with a mixed landscape of river corridor, cultivated land and small historic villages. The nearest larger centres are Bergamo and the Merate–Vimercate–Monza urban belt, which provide full services and employment but also make the area partly suburban in character. Solza is known locally for the Visconti-related history of the lower Adda and for the river landscape around Trezzo, Calusco and Paderno.