Appartamento in Via della Tabella, 13, Riotorto, Piombino,
Appartamento in Via della Tabella, 13, Riotorto, Piombino,. Habitable.
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 €86,805 (€1,142/m²), the apartment is already 56% above the local €730/m² benchmark; adding an estimated €15,200 for habitable-condition work brings the effective cost to about €1,342/m². The 4 km distance from the sea adds appeal, but the very sparse description does not explain the layout or missing bathroom data.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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 82/100The cluster is on the Gulf of Follonica coast, with the Tyrrhenian and views toward Elba across the Piombino channel. The headland and beaches of the Parco Costiero della Sterpaia lie just east of town, and the promontory of Populonia and Baratti is within the same coastal strip. Populonia is an Etruscan and Roman archaeological area, and the gulf around Baratti is one of the known historical landscapes of the Tuscan coast. Piombino itself is the main town nearby, with a port for Elba and a substantial historic centre on the sea. This stretch of coast is known for its beaches, Mediterranean scrub and Etruscan remains.