Trilocale in Via Ferrucci, 32, Marina di Cecina, Cecina,
Trilocale in Via Ferrucci, 32, Marina di Cecina, Cecina,. 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 €37,687 (€618/m²), the asking price is about 15% below the local comparison level, and the apartment is described as habitable. Allowing roughly €12,200 for light works brings the effective cost to about €818/m²; the seafront Marina di Cecina location adds value.
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 58/100The cluster is on the coastal plain around Cecina, with the Tyrrhenian coast and the pinewoods and dunes of the Tomboli di Cecina Biogenetic Nature Reserve within a few kilometres. The Cecina river reaches the sea here. To the south and east are the low Metalliferous Hills rather than high mountains. Cecina is a service town with rail links, shops and the usual coastal-town amenities. Bolgheri and its wine country lie just to the north, but outside the immediate landscape. The area is known for beach tourism and pine forest on the Etruscan Coast.