Abitazione di tipo civile - Viale Michetti 21
Abitazione di tipo civile - Viale Michetti 21. Habitable, autonomo heating, esposizione esterna, balcone, 500 m from the sea.
What it really costs
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
A habitable 97 m² apartment 500 m from the sea costs €865/m², rising to roughly €1,065/m² after estimated works, versus €547/m² for comparable local stock. The excellent coastal location, balcony, heating and 53 photos support the listing, but the effective price is still substantially high.
More on the house and the area
This is a habitable 97 sqm apartment 500 metres from the sea, with heating, a balcony, and some attractive modern interiors shown in the gallery. The setting is urban rather than scenic, with no clearly proven sea view or distinctive historic character. It is a potentially appealing coastal home at a relatively low price, but the unreliable mixed gallery significantly reduces confidence in its real-world wow factor.
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€6,000 – €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.
- The gallery appears highly inconsistent, with photos of several different homes and apparent staged/rendered images; verify which images belong to this apartment.
- No bathroom count is provided despite the 97 sqm, two-bedroom layout.
- Auction purchase may involve legal, occupancy, or access checks not shown in the listing.
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 Adriatic coast, with beaches and the seafront of Francavilla al Mare immediately nearby. The Foro river reaches the sea here. Pescara is directly adjacent to the north and provides a full city of shops, services, rail links and the airport. The first Adriatic headlands of the Costa dei Trabocchi begin farther south around Ortona, outside the immediate radius. Inland, the landscape rises toward the Abruzzo foothills but the main mountain massifs are beyond the local 15 km landscape.