Bilocale in Monticiano
Bilocale in Monticiano. Habitable, autonomo heating, caminetto, arredato.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €625/m², the €25,000 apartment is below the local €733/m² benchmark, though estimated habitable-condition costs bring the effective figure to about €825/m². It has autonomous heating, a fireplace and furnishings, making it a plausible low-cost home despite its inland location.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely livable Tuscan apartment with exposed timber beams, terracotta ceilings and floors, a working fireplace, fitted kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. It is cozy and full of rustic character rather than luxurious, with dated furnishings and finishes but no obvious major renovation issue.
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€3,000 – €4,000
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 40 sqm layout is compact, with a narrow circulation area.
- Kitchen and bathroom finishes are notably dated and may need refreshing.
- No exterior space or significant view is shown.
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 68/100The cluster sits in the wooded hills between the upper Merse and Farma valleys, on the western side of the province of Siena. The Val di Merse is the named local landscape here, with mixed forest, cultivated clearings and low hill ridges rather than a broad open plain. The Basso Merse Nature Reserve lies in this area along the Merse river. Within about 15 km are the ruins of the Abbey of San Galgano and the hill of Montesiepi with the sword in the stone chapel. Siena is the nearest city of size, with full services and major historic fabric, but it is outside the immediate landscape radius. The area is known for woodland, hunting country, small farm clearings and the old monastic sites around San Galgano.