Appartamento 6 locali, 145 m² in Contrada Chiaravalle 25/B,
Appartamento 6 locali, 145 m² in Contrada Chiaravalle 25/B,. Needs renovation, caminetto, cucina, arredato, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €31,210 asking price is very low, but a 145 m² renovation at an estimated €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €915/m², well above the €559/m² local benchmark. The listing does not say how many bathrooms there are, so the final renovation budget remains uncertain.
More on the house and the area
This is a large 145 m² apartment with three bedrooms, a kitchen, fireplace, and a very attractive price of about €31,000. However, there is no photographic evidence of a beautiful interior, exterior, or view, and the property needs renovation with no functioning heating system, so it feels more like a practical project than a dream Italian 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€29,000 – €51,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Needs renovation and the heating system is absent or incomplete.
- Located beside an artisan workshop in a mixed industrial-residential area.
- No garden, terrace, private land, notable view, or distinctive historic features are documented.
- Auction purchase requires checking the full survey, utilities, legal status, and actual condition; the listing data conflicts on bathroom count.
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 58/100Low rolling foothills of the central Apennines surround the town and the surrounding countryside is largely agricultural, with vineyards, olive groves and arable fields on the slopes and valley floors. The Chienti river valley lies a few kilometres to the south. Within about 15 km are several hill towns: Recanati (birthplace of the poet Giacomo Leopardi, with the Leopardi House/museum), Montecassiano and Treia, each with historic town centres and local services. The town of Macerata contains the Sferisterio arena and an annual open‑air opera season. No national park or major alpine ski area lies within 15 km; the Monti Sibillini and Monti Sibillini National Park are farther inland.