Via Le Prata, Fabrica di Roma
Via Le Prata, Fabrica di Roma. Habitable, autonomo heating.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €81,116 (€453/m²), the asking price is below the local €546/m² benchmark, but estimated habitable-home costs bring the effective price to about €653/m². The brief description, five photos, and absence of stated bathrooms or energy details limit confidence.
More on the house and the area
There are some attractive modern finishes, particularly the kitchen and renovated-looking bathrooms, but they do not create a distinctive Italian dream-home impression. The dark deteriorated room and generic apartment-block exterior undermine the claimed habitable villa character, while no garden, views, or setting are demonstrated.
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€12,000 – €20,000
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.
- The gallery is highly inconsistent: polished modern kitchen and bathrooms contrast with a dark, visibly deteriorated bedroom.
- No convincing villa exterior, garden, terrace, countryside setting, or view is shown.
- The listing claims habitable condition, but the photos suggest significant uncertainty about the actual state and presentation of the property.
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 56/100The cluster sits in inland northern Lazio on the volcanic highland of Viterbo province, an area of low rolling hills and fields on tuff and volcanic soils. The immediate countryside is a mix of cultivated land and small wooded patches, with scattered villages and farmsteads. The nearest town of size is Viterbo (the provincial capital), which has a medieval historic centre including the Palazzo dei Papi, thermal baths, and a railway link to Rome. The province contains Etruscan archaeological sites and medieval towns; such heritage sites and small local museums are common within the surrounding area. There are no major mountains, ski areas or large lakes inside a 15 km radius of Fabrica di Roma.