Via Cesare Battisti, 42, San Severino Marche
Tribunale: Macerata RGE: 79/2023 PVP: 4628979 Diritti di piena proprietà su porzione di fabbricato urbano (edificato nei primi anni del ‘900) sito a San Severino Marche in Via Cesare Battisti n.42, costituita da appartamento di civile abitazione al piano primo, della superficie commerciale di mq 183,84, con cantina al…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is attractive at €400/m², but a habitable-home allowance of about €200/m² brings the effective cost to roughly €600/m², slightly above the local €559/m² benchmark. Only five photos are provided, and the listing does not say how many bathrooms there are or provide an energy rating.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, apparently habitable 184 sqm apartment in an early-1900s building, with a garage and cellar, which gives it practical living potential. However, the attractive interiors and brick facade shown cannot be credited because the listing says they are not real photos of the property, and no view, garden or distinctive historic features are proven.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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 listing explicitly says the photos are indicative and not of the actual property, so the real interior, exterior and condition cannot be judged.
- Auction purchase involves additional legal, financial and timing risks.
- Energy class G; verify heating, utilities, layout and any occupancy or renovation issues before bidding.
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 58/100The town sits in the foothills of the central Apennines (Appennino centrale). The immediate landscape is a mix of cultivated hills, small wooded areas and minor stream valleys draining east toward the Adriatic. The nearest coast is the Adriatic (Civitanova Marche/Porto Sant'Elpidio are the main nearby seaside towns). The Monti Sibillini and the Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini lie to the southwest, but the park boundary and the main Sibillini ridges are more than 15 km from San Severino Marche. Nearest ski facilities are in the Sibillini massif (Sarnano/Sassotetto area), generally 30–50+ km by road. The nearest provincial capital is Macerata (around 20 km), which provides a university (Università di Macerata), a regional hospital, larger shops and rail connections. The local economy is a mix of agriculture (olives, cereals and some vineyards), small-scale manufacturing and traditional artisan activity. The town has a medieval historic centre with civic museums and churches and experienced damage during the central Italy earthquakes of 2016–2017.