Via Cervaro, 9, Taranto
Via Cervaro, 9, Taranto. Habitable, autonomo heating.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €381/m², the €41,187 asking price is attractive, but allowing about €21,600 for habitable-condition improvements brings the effective cost to roughly €581/m² versus a €600/m² local benchmark. The apartment is only 1 km from the sea and has autonomous heating, supporting its value.
More on the house and the area
A spacious 108 sqm apartment at €41,187, with polished floors, a modern kitchen, and a smart finished bathroom, making it a genuinely usable home rather than a renovation shell. The surrounding Taranto streets provide colorful historic urban character, but the apartment itself has limited architectural charm and no standout view or garden.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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 listing reports zero bathrooms despite a fully finished bathroom photo; verify the actual layout and legal records.
- The apartment appears habitable, but some rooms are empty and the overall character is more modern than distinctly Italian. You should verify utilities, condominium status, and heating.
- No private outdoor space or meaningful view 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 47/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Taranto, on the Ionian coast at the Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo. The old city stands on an island between the two inlets, linked by bridges, and the city has a large naval and industrial waterfront. The nearest substantial non-urban landscape feature is the coastal strip west toward Leporano and east toward Pulsano, with low Mediterranean shoreline rather than cliffs or a named protected landscape in the immediate 15 km around the city centre. Taranto is known for its Aragonese Castle, the cathedral in the old city, the National Archaeological Museum, and mussel farming in the Mar Piccolo.