Via San Vito Penthouse

A penthouse on Via San Vito, minutes from the seafront

On the top floor of a lift-served building, a few minutes' walk from Trieste's seafront and the city centre, this penthouse occupies the seventh floor and, above it, the entire roof of the building.

The roof terrace: 186 sqm for exclusive use

This is what sets the property apart from anything else in the city. One hundred and eighty-six square metres of roof terrace for exclusive use, now laid in timber decking, with a bioclimatic pergola with adjustable louvres, perimeter planters served by an irrigation system, and metal balustrades.

It is reached by a private spiral staircase, made to measure in hot-dip galvanised and painted steel, rising from the seventh-floor terrace. A second reserved access from the communal stairwell also exists, so the roof can be reached either from inside the apartment or from the landing. From up there the view opens on every side: the gulf and the port on one, the Karst plateau and the hills on another, the roofs of San Vito and the hill of San Giusto on the rest. It is not a figure of speech: it is a complete horizon. And the gulf lies to the west: in the evening the sun goes down into the sea in front of the pergola, as the photographs taken on site in April and September, published unretouched, show.

The seventh-floor terrace

The living area opens in its entirety onto a generous, genuinely usable terrace. It currently holds a table for six; its dimensions comfortably take one for twelve. In total the outdoor surfaces on the apartment's own floor measure almost 32 sqm.

Inside: a complete refurbishment

Some 100 sqm of cadastral floor area, arranged as living room, dining room, open kitchen with island, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom has its own en-suite; the second bedroom, currently used as a study, opens onto a second small terrace.

What you notice immediately is the bespoke joinery: walnut panelling and integrated wardrobes, a curved timber volume separating the sleeping area, full-height cupboards, timber ceilings in the hallways. Every centimetre is drawn and used, with the logic of a yacht interior: this is cabinetmaking, not bought furniture.

Floors are Hungarian-point oak in the living area and bedrooms, large-format porcelain in the kitchen and bathrooms. Walls are lime-plastered.

The kitchen

Island with a marble worktop, induction hob with a downdraft extractor integrated into the worktop (Bora system), undermount stainless steel sink with a pull-down tap, marble splashback, flush-fitted lacquered tall units, a lit niche and two wine cabinets. Top-tier appliances.

The two bathrooms

Both with flush walk-in showers, wall-hung sanitaryware, stone tops on slatted timber vanities, backlit mirrors — one round, one full-width — and electric towel radiators that can be switched on to supplement the main heating.

Systems and efficiency

Underfloor heating powered by an air-to-water heat pump installed in 2024, with provision for a 6.4 kW photovoltaic system and its storage battery. The unit was insulated during the works: insulating screed and vapour barrier beneath the radiant floor, wall insulation, suspended ceilings. Cooling by two fan coil units, one serving the living area and one serving the two bedrooms through a split system, plus mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. Minimal-profile timber external windows; designer light fittings, all dimmable; motorised shutters, external awning. Domestic hot water comes from an instantaneous gas water heater.

Energy rating A1 · EP gl,nren 78.05 kWh/m² per year · emissions 17.58 kg CO₂/m² per year. Certificate no. 3200600882425 issued 24/09/2025, valid to 24/09/2035. Under standard conditions the certificate estimates, for the whole home — heating, cooling, hot water and ventilation — an annual requirement of about 2,270 kWh of electricity and 180 m³ of gas: not a bill, but the order of magnitude of one.

Ancillary spaces and options

A cellar is included, on the basement floor. One or more garages or parking spaces in a nearby facility can be purchased separately on request; some spaces allow an electric vehicle charging point to be installed.

Service charges

In the last documented financial year (September 2023 – August 2024) the ordinary service charges for the apartment came to about €1,870, a little over €150 a month.

Why it is on the market

The apartment was refurbished by its owner to live in, to a specification chosen without compromise. Less than a year after moving in, work took him elsewhere. What is for sale is therefore a finished, complete home that has barely been lived in — in practice, a first occupancy.

Taxation: a private sale

This is a sale between private individuals: no VAT. On request to the notary the prezzo-valore mechanism applies, which calculates registration tax on the cadastral value rather than on the price. For the apartment and the cellar this means, on the cadastral data currently available, registration tax in the order of €1,800 as a main residence and €8,600 as a second home, plus fixed duties. The roof terrace is registered in category F/5 and therefore has no cadastral income, so the mechanism does not apply to it: that portion of the tax is quantified at the deed. We provide a precise, up-to-date calculation on request.

Price: €850,000