Via I Maggio, 219, San Miniato
Via I Maggio, 219, San Miniato. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage.
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 €88,500 for 132 m², the home is priced at about €670/m² before works, but its estimated all-in cost is roughly €870/m² versus a €651/m² benchmark for comparable Tuscan stock. The listing states it is habitable and has autonomous heating and a garage, but offers little detail beyond that.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely habitable, recently modernized 132 sqm home with polished floors, a stylish bathroom, bright living spaces, heating, and a garage. It feels comfortable and move-in ready, but the generic apartment setting and lack of historic character or standout views limit the dream-home appeal.
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€9,000 – €15,000
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 exterior is a plain, aging apartment-block facade with little Italian character.
- The kitchen and bedroom layout are not shown, and the listing facts do not specify bedrooms or bathrooms.
- The broad landscape glimpse is pleasant but not a dramatic Tuscan view.
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 61/100The area sits in the lower Arno valley among cultivated hills and plain between the Valdarno and the Pisano–Fiorentino countryside. The Arno runs nearby. San Miniato has a substantial historic hilltop centre with medieval and early modern buildings, and the town is known for white truffles. Within this part of Tuscany the surrounding landscape is mainly farmland, vineyards, olive groves and small woods, with larger urban services in the Pisa–Empoli corridor.