Appartamento in Via Margini, 24, Centro, Seravezza,
Appartamento in Via Margini, 24, Centro, Seravezza,. Habitable, autonomo heating.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €84,000 plus an estimated €21,600 for habitable-condition work, the effective cost is about €978/m², roughly 34% above the local €730/m² benchmark. Central location and autonomous heating help, but the listing is sparse and does not state the energy class, building year, or bathroom details.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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 83/100The Apuan Alps rise immediately inland from Pietrasanta, with steep limestone and marble mountains visible within a few kilometres. The Versilia coast is about 6 km away, with the Tyrrhenian shore and the beach towns of Marina di Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi and Viareggio forming the coastal plain. Part of the local mountain area falls in the Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Apuane. The nearest ski area is Abetone, roughly 1.5 hours away, so it is not part of the immediate landscape. Pietrasanta itself is a substantial town with a historic centre, services, rail station, and a long-established link to marble working and sculpture; the area is known for art foundries and for marble from the Apuan range.