Casa indipendente in Via Alfonso Casati 29
In pieno Centro del Paese, a pochi passi dalle scuole e dall'imbocco della Nuova Valassina, proponiamo casa indipendente terra - cielo, valorizzata dall'ingresso indipendente pedonale e carraio e da un giardino privato di circa 170mq su tre lati con posto auto. La soluzione presenta un negozio al piano terra, precedentemente adibito a cartoleria, mentre tramite il vano scala è...
What it really costs
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List price is €1,247/m² (€318,000 for 255 m²) vs a regional median of €493/m²; assuming modest works (~€200/m²) yields an effective ~€1,447/m², well above market. The listing gives no condition, construction year or energy class, though location (town centre with garden and parking) is a plus.
More on the house and the area
A solid, independent town house with a useful private garden (≈170 m²) and parking — genuinely livable as a family home after some works. The building is bland and shows mid‑century, functional finishes; expect to budget for modernisation and possible conversion of the ground‑floor shop to maximise residential use.
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€17,000 – €28,000
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.
- Ground floor is a commercial shop — conversion/permits may be needed to use fully as living space.
- Plain mid‑century exterior and finishes; the house will need cosmetic updating (windows, facade, interior finishes).
- Limited privacy — close neighbouring buildings and concrete fencing around the small garden.
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 55/100The cluster sits in the Brianza plain north of Milan in a densely settled suburban/industrial zone made up of small towns, light industry, housing and interspersed fields and woodlots. Monza is about 5 km east and contains the Villa Reale and the Parco di Monza (the large enclosed park) and the Autodromo Nazionale Monza racetrack. The Lambro river and sections of the Parco Regionale della Valle del Lambro run within the 15 km radius, providing river corridors and managed green space. Low wooded hills of the Brianza area and small chestnut/coppice woods begin inside the province within this radius. Milan is the nearest large city, roughly 15 km to the south-west, with the region's main cultural and transport services. The area is part of Brianza, an industrial and artisan district known for furniture and small-to-medium manufacturing and dense commuter settlements. There are no alpine mountains, major lakes or national-park level landscapes within 15 km; Lake Como and the Alps lie beyond that radius.