Villa 5 locali, 107 m² in Via La Selva 29, Sonnino (LT)
Villa 5 locali, 107 m² in Via La Selva 29, Sonnino (LT). Habitable, autonomo heating, cancello elettrico, esposizione esterna, cucina, arredato.
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
The €56,090 asking price is €524/m², about 10% below the local €585/m² benchmark, for a habitable 107 m² furnished villa with autonomous heating. Allowing roughly €21,400 for normal habitable-condition work brings the effective cost to about €724/m², so the discount is modest rather than exceptional.
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.
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 68/100The cluster sits between the Lepini Mountains and the Pontine plain. The Amaseno river runs near Priverno, and the coast at Terracina and the Pontine shore is about 20 km away, so outside the scoring radius. Monte Semprevisa, the highest summit of the Lepini, is within roughly 15 km in a straight line, and the inland landscape is limestone ridges, olive groves and lower farmed valleys. The Monti Lepini area is known for karst terrain and hill towns. Priverno itself is a small historic town, and the abbey of Fossanova lies just outside it. Latina is the nearest larger town with full services.