Appartamento mansardato a Montesilvano con veranda
Appartamento mansardato a Montesilvano con veranda. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, esposizione esterna, mansarda, balcone, terrazzo, 500 m from the sea.
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Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
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The €53,498 asking price is attractive at €446/m², and the apartment is near the sea, but renovation at about €700/m² brings the effective cost to roughly €1,146/m²—well above the local benchmark of €547/m². The listing does not say how many bathrooms there are or provide an energy rating.
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This is a real, spacious 120 sqm apartment with a pleasant hillside/mountain outlook, balconies, a terrace, and the sea about 500 meters away. It appears usable but dated rather than move-in ready, and the gallery suggests meaningful updating is needed; the most glamorous modern interiors should not be taken as the current condition.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €42,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Needs renovation and the photos show dated finishes, clutter, and some cosmetic wear.
- The polished modern interiors appear to be staged/rendered examples rather than a reliable representation of the current apartment.
- No bathroom count is provided in the facts, despite a bathroom appearing in the gallery.
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 55/100This is in the built-up area of Pescara on the Adriatic coastal plain at the mouth of the Aterno-Pescara River. The coast and beach are within the urban fabric, and the city has a port, a long seafront and the main services of a provincial capital. The Maiella massif is visible inland on clear days but lies well beyond the 15 km landscape around the cluster.