Luminoso Monolocale al 1° Piano, Climatizzato
Luminoso Monolocale al 1° Piano, Climatizzato. Habitable, autonomo heating, porta blindata, esposizione esterna, parzialmente arredato, 1000 m from the sea.
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 €75,000 plus roughly €6,800 for a habitable condition, the effective cost is about €2,406/m²—over three times the local €731/m² benchmark. The sea is only 1 km away and the apartment is ready to live in, but the location premium does not justify this price.
More on the house and the area
A bright, highly usable studio with attractive patterned floors, arched window details, coordinated furnishings, air conditioning, a fitted kitchen and a proper bathroom. It is not a scenic or spacious Italian dream house, but it is a genuinely move-in-ready home in Trieste, only about 1 km from the sea, at a relatively accessible price.
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€2,000 – €4,000
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.
- Very compact 34 sqm studio with no separate bedroom.
- Street-facing urban building and tired exterior may mean noise and limited privacy.
- The building facade and surrounding streetscape need cosmetic attention.
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 in the built-up area of Trieste, with the Adriatic at hand and the Karst plateau immediately above the city. The Gulf of Trieste and the Val Rosandra nature reserve are within the local area. Trieste is the nearest town of size and has a large historic centre, port, railway station, university and full city services. The area is known for its seafront city fabric, port and the limestone Karst behind it.