Abitazione unifamiliare a Borgo Santa Maria
Abitazione unifamiliare a Borgo Santa Maria. Habitable, autonomo heating, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 for 65 m², the effective cost is about €1,354/m² after allowing for habitable-condition work, versus roughly €585/m² for comparable Lazio homes. The independent villa, heating and cellar are positives, but the premium is substantial and the listing does not state a particularly valuable location advantage.
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 – €7,000
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.
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 55/100The cluster is in the coastal plain south of Rome, with the Tyrrhenian coast and the beaches of the Latina-Lido di Latina stretch within a few kilometres. The Circeo National Park lies nearby, covering coastal dunes, lakes and the forest of the former Pontine plain; Monte Circeo rises at the park’s southern end. The Pontine lakes and wetlands are part of the same landscape. Latina is the nearest large town and has the full services of a provincial capital. Sperlonga and Sabaudia on this coast have Bandiera Blu status, but they are outside the immediate urban area. The urban cap applies here because the cluster is inside the built-up area of a city above 50,000 residents.