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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €392/m², this €29,000 townhouse is 40% below the local €650/m² reference; allowing roughly €200/m² for ordinary updating gives an effective cost near €592/m². The listing offers a private garden, parking and 26 photos, but does not state the condition or energy performance.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely appealing mountain-village home with dramatic Apuan Alps views, traditional shutters, wood ceilings and a cozy lived-in kitchen. It is not a ruin or empty shell: the kitchen, bathroom, tiled floors and utilities are in place, though the house needs refreshing and attention to damp-looking exterior walls.
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€5,000 – €8,000
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.
- Interiors are usable but dated, with visible damp or peeling finishes and likely cosmetic renovation needs.
- The narrow sloping village access may limit practical parking and everyday accessibility.
- The advertised garden and free parking are not clearly demonstrated in the photo gallery.
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 83/100The Apuan Alps rise immediately inland from Pietrasanta, with steep limestone and marble mountains visible within a few kilometres. The Versilia coast is about 6 km away, with the Tyrrhenian shore and the beach towns of Marina di Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi and Viareggio forming the coastal plain. Part of the local mountain area falls in the Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Apuane. The nearest ski area is Abetone, roughly 1.5 hours away, so it is not part of the immediate landscape. Pietrasanta itself is a substantial town with a historic centre, services, rail station, and a long-established link to marble working and sculpture; the area is known for art foundries and for marble from the Apuan range.