Appartamento in Recanati
Appartamento in Recanati. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, videocitofono, cancello elettrico, fibra ottica, porta blindata, balcone, terrazzo, cantina, esposizione doppia.
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 €45,151 (€447/m²), this habitable 101 m² apartment is priced about 18% below comparable local stock, with a garage, cellar, balcony and terrace. Allowing roughly €20,200 for typical habitable-property updates brings the effective cost to about €647/m², so the discount is solid but not exceptional.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable 101 sqm home with multiple bedrooms, working living spaces, heating, garage, balconies, and an unusually large terrace overlooking the Marche landscape toward the coast. The interiors are dated and ordinary rather than beautiful, but the panoramic terrace, habitable condition, and very low price create a strong dream-home proposition.
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 – €11,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and heavily furnished, likely needing cosmetic updating.
- The building exterior and rear elevations show peeling paint and general maintenance wear.
- The panoramic outlook is excellent, but the property is in a dense residential setting rather than a private rural location.
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 61/100The area sits on the rolling hills between the lower Chienti valley and the Adriatic side of the Marche, with a mix of cultivated slopes, scattered farmhouses and small historic hill towns. The Chienti river plain lies nearby toward Civitanova Marche, while the coast is reached in a short drive but is outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Recanati is close by and provides a substantial historic town with services and the Leopardi associations. Loreto is also nearby, with the Basilica della Santa Casa and a major pilgrimage centre. This part of the province is known for mixed farming and for a chain of hill towns looking over the coastal plain.