Appartamento in Aprilia
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Piena proprietà dell'appartamento della superficie lorda di mq 164,31, dotato di ingresso esclusivo, sito al piano terra di un edificio con maggior consistenza. L'immobile è composto da soggiorno, cucina, tre camere e due bagni. - Via le Salzare ... Simplex Domus aiuta famiglie e…
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 asking price is €591/m², slightly below the local €618/m² median, but allowing about €200/m² for a habitable property raises the effective cost to roughly €791/m², around 28% above that benchmark. The apartment has useful features including a garage, cellar, heating, balcony and terrace, though the listing does not state the number of bathrooms.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, genuinely usable five-room home with a fitted kitchen, two bathrooms, heating, multiple bedrooms, and finished tiled interiors. It is clean and livable rather than glamorous, with some personalized decor and a fairly worn, utilitarian exterior; the main appeal is space and practicality, not Italian dream-home beauty.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- Auction purchase: legal and occupancy documentation requires careful review.
- Energy class G and visibly dated exterior/common structures may mean future maintenance or efficiency costs.
- No scenic view, historic character, or standout outdoor setting is evident in the photos.
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 39/100This is the Agro Pontino plain between Rome and the Lepini Hills, with low flat reclaimed farmland around the town and the Tyrrhenian coast a few kilometres west. The nearest coast is the stretch between Torvaianica, Lavinio and Anzio-Nettuno, with sandy beaches and dune remnants in places. The Parco Nazionale del Circeo lies farther south and does not fall inside the immediate landscape here. Anzio and Nettuno are the nearest larger coastal centres, with ports, services and railway links; Rome is the major city to the north for work and transport. Aprilia sits in a heavily settled road corridor with industry, logistics and dispersed modern development typical of the Pontine plain.