Quadrilocale in Via Emilio Salgari
VENDESI in esclusiva appartamento in centro al piano primo composto da angolo cottura, soggiorno, disimpegno, due camere matrimoniali, piccolo ripostiglio, bagno e terrazza pranzabile. Il complesso è recintato e ha il cancello automatico, all'interno sussistono dei parcheggi condominiali. Il palazzo ha facciata e tetto…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €1,094/m² before works and an estimated €500/m² for the stated renovation, the effective cost is about €1,594/m²—well above the €733/m² local benchmark. The central location, immediate beach access, terrace, parking, and recently renewed façade and roof add value, but the price is not compelling for a home needing work.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€10,000 – €17,000
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 72/100The inland landscape rises into the low hills of the Colline Metallifere. The town sits on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the Gulf of Follonica with the Bay of Baratti and several beaches and small headlands within 15 km. The Parco Nazionale dell'Arcipelago Toscano (marine and island national park) lies offshore and Piombino is the mainland ferry gateway to Elba. The Parco archeologico di Baratti e Populonia (Etruscan necropolis and archaeological area) is immediately to the south of Piombino within a few kilometres. There are protected coastal stretches and pinewoods nearby, including the Pineta di Rimigliano and local coastal reserves. Piombino is a commercial port with regular ferry services to Elba and has cargo port infrastructure and a large former steelworks/industrial complex and associated harbour facilities. No city larger than Piombino lies within 15 km; the nearest larger mainland cities are Livorno and Grosseto at roughly 60–70 km. The area is known for its Etruscan archaeology, ferry connections to Elba and for being a working port and industrialised harbour zone.