Bilocale in Via Enrico Toti
BILOCALE A 500 METRI DAL MARE, CON BALCONE, ASCENSORE ED ESPOSIZIONE A SUD. A Porto d'Ascoli, San Benedetto del Tronto, proponiamo un bilocale di circa 48 mq, attualmente con destinazione d'uso a LABORATORIO ARTIGIANALE, situato al secondo piano di una palazzina servita da ascensore. Luminoso, ben distribuito e in…
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Despite its good condition, balcony and location 500 metres from the sea, the 48 m² unit is legally described as a craft workshop rather than a dwelling. At €80,000 (€1,667/m² versus a €543/m² local reference), the price is not justified unless residential conversion is confirmed and approved.
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A bright, clean, fully fitted one-bedroom apartment with a practical kitchen, bathroom, air conditioning, elevator, and balcony; it appears immediately usable as a space. Its strongest appeal is the walkable seaside location, but the interiors are ordinary rather than dream-home beautiful. The non-residential legal designation is a major issue to resolve before treating it as a true home.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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.
- Currently registered as an artisan workshop rather than a residential dwelling; residential use/conversion must be verified.
- Small 48 sqm one-bedroom apartment with limited outdoor space.
- No notable historic character, dramatic view, or distinctive setting is shown.
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 60/100On the Adriatic coast: sandy beaches and a seafront promenade with adjoining coastal pine woods lie at the town itself. The Tronto river mouth is immediately to the north, and the Tronto also marks the Abruzzo–Marche regional border here. No national park or UNESCO landscape lies within about 15 km. Nearest ski lifts are on the Gran Sasso massif, roughly 60–90 km inland (about an hour to an hour and a half by car). The nearest larger town is San Benedetto del Tronto (across the Tronto in Marche) with a railway station, marina and larger commercial and hospital services; other nearby Adriatic towns include Alba Adriatica, Tortoreto and Giulianova. Pescara and its airport are farther south (around 45–60 km) and Teramo, the provincial capital with wider services, is roughly 30 km inland. The area is noted locally for seasonal seaside tourism, bathing establishments and seafood fishing.