Bilocale in Morlupo
APPARTAMENTO AL PRIMO PIANO CON BALCONE AFFACCIATO SULLA PIAZZA – MORLUPO, CORSO UMBERTO I Nel centro storico di Morlupo, precisamente in Corso Umberto I, proponiamo in vendita un appartamento situato al primo piano, caratterizzato da ambienti spaziosi e da un balcone con affaccio diretto sulla piazza. L’immobile si…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €49,000 plus an estimated €45,500 renovation, the effective cost is about €1,454/m²—well above the €618/m² local benchmark. The listing has 27 photos and mentions autonomous heating and a balcony, but provides few details on the renovation scope.
More on the house and the area
A charming historic-center apartment with a real piazza outlook, a substantial fireplace, bright rooms, and distinctive vintage patterned tiles. It is a solid, floored home rather than a ruin, but the dated interiors, bare kitchen, wall damage, and apparent ceiling moisture mean substantial renovation is needed before it becomes a comfortable dream home.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€13,000 – €23,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- The apartment is described as completely needing renovation, including the kitchen and overall finishes.
- Visible damp staining and a plastic-covered ceiling suggest moisture or roof-related issues that need investigation.
- The home has no garden and overlooks a busy central piazza with parked cars.
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 43/100The area is in the Tiber valley north of Rome, with low volcanic and river-cut hills rather than a mountain setting. The River Tiber runs nearby, and the Veio Regional Park lies partly within this part of the north Roman countryside. The nearest larger town is Rome, which provides the full range of services, major rail links and airports, but the immediate surroundings are chiefly commuter settlements, agricultural land and fragmented woodland. This part of the Agro Romano is known for tuff hills, old rural estates and the transition from the Roman urban fringe to open countryside.