Piazzale Charlie Chaplin, 11, Parma
Piazzale Charlie Chaplin, 11, Parma. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, cantina.
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 €1,227/m², plus roughly €200/m² for a habitable property, the effective cost is about €1,427/m²—around 66% above the local €858/m² benchmark. Garage, cellar, and independent heating add value, but the premium is substantial and the listing gives little detail on layout, bathrooms, or energy performance.
More on the house and the area
A sleek, bright apartment with an attractive designer kitchen, clean bathroom, wood-look flooring, and exposed ceiling beams offers a comfortable modern base. However, it lacks a memorable view, outdoor space, or distinctive Italian historic character, and the mixed photo quality makes the true presentation somewhat uncertain.
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€4,000 – €6,000
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 inconsistent: polished kitchen and bathroom images are mixed with a completely empty room and an urban courtyard façade.
- No bedroom, balcony, garden, or meaningful Italian landscape view is shown.
- The apartment is described as habitable, but the actual level of finish and whether all pictured interiors belong to this unit should be verified.
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 Parma on the Po plain. The Parma and Taro river corridors are the main nearby natural features, with flat farmland and low alluvial ground around the city. The nearest larger landscape change is the start of the Apennine foothills south of the city, but that lies outside the immediate urban area. Parma is a major provincial capital with a large historic centre, Romanesque and Renaissance monuments, rail links, hospitals, universities and full city services. The area is known for Parmigiano Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma.