Monolocale in Marsiglia
L’Office Immobilier di Marsiglia, 1º arrondissement, presenta in esclusiva questo luminoso e funzionale appartamento T1. Posizione e contesto Situato nel cuore del centro di Marsiglia, a due passi dalla Canebière e da Noailles, l’appartamento gode di una posizione centrale, nelle immediate vicinanze di negozi,…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €3,320/m², this 25 m² studio is already about twice the local reference level; allowing roughly €700/m² for an unstated condition brings the effective cost near €4,020/m². The one-line description does not confirm habitability or renovation status, so the price is weak for a very small apartment.
More on the house and the area
A bright, thoughtfully designed city apartment with a functional open kitchen, usable bathroom, and a genuinely move-in-ready interior. Its central Marseille setting adds lifestyle appeal, but the tiny footprint, ordinary outlook, and lack of distinctive historic or outdoor features keep it in the charming rather than dream-home category.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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 compact 25 m² layout with a low-ceiling mezzanine sleeping area.
- No private outdoor space or notable view is shown.
- Annual condominium fees are approximately €960.
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 lies inside the built-up area of Marseille (Marsiglia), a city of around 850–900 thousand residents. The local relief includes the Massif des Calanques along the coast and the low Massif de l'Étoile to the north. The site is on the Mediterranean coast (Bay of Marseille) with the Frioul islands and the 16th‑century Château d'If offshore. Parc national des Calanques runs along the coast and islands within the 15 km radius. There are no ski lifts within 15 km; the nearest Alpine ski areas are a multi‑hour drive to the north and northeast. Marseille is the nearest town of size and provides a major commercial port, passenger ferry connections to Corsica, a TGV/high‑speed rail station, regional hospitals and an international airport (Marseille Provence) roughly 25–30 km northwest. The wider area is the Marseille–Fos large port and industrial complex and is associated with maritime commerce, ship and freight traffic, and local products such as savon de Marseille and the regional fish stew bouillabaisse.