Appartamento in Via Aretina, 196, Varlungo, Firenze,
Appartamento in Via Aretina, 196, Varlungo, Firenze,. 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
The apartment is listed at €688/m², but allowing roughly €25,000 for a habitable property brings the effective cost to about €888/m², above the local €730/m² benchmark. Its Firenze location and substantial photo set support the listing, but the price does not offer a clear discount.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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 55/100The cluster is inside the built-up area of Florence, in the Arno valley between the Florentine hills of Fiesole, Settignano and Bellosguardo. The Arno crosses the city. Florence itself is the nearest major centre and has one of Italy’s largest concentrations of historic monuments, museums and churches, with the historic centre on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The area is known for Renaissance art and architecture and for the vineyard-and-olive hill country immediately around the city.