Appartamento in Massa
Appartamento in Massa. Habitable, autonomo heating, cucina, parzialmente arredato, cantina.
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
At €70,000 plus roughly €13,000 for a habitable-condition allowance, the effective cost is about €1,277/m², well above the local comparison level of €720/m². The apartment has useful features such as independent heating and a cellar, but the asking price is high for the condition and the listing provides only three photos.
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€4,000 – €7,000
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.
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 Apuan Alps (Alpi Apuane) rise immediately north of Massa; the marble-bearing karst massif and its peaks are within the local 15 km radius. The Tyrrhenian coast lies at Marina di Massa and the Versilia coastal strip extends west along the same shoreline. The Parco Regionale delle Alpi Apuane covers parts of the nearby mountains. The neighbouring town of Carrara and its marble quarries and extraction sites are adjacent to Massa and within the local area. Massa has a railway station on the Pisa–La Spezia line and the A12/E80 autostrada runs near the coast. The local economy and landscape include marble extraction and coastal tourism infrastructure.