Via Monte Cristallo, 5, Roma
Tribunale: Roma RGE: 1078/2023 PVP: 4649628 Quota pari a 1/1 del diritto di proprietà su appartamento ad uso abitativo sito in Roma (RM), Via Monte Cristallo 5, piano T, interno 4, composto da: ingresso, cucina, una camera, un bagno per complessivi mq. 40 circa escluse aree scoperte, oltre mq 6 circa di giardino.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
Must be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction, which makes it a trap for this catalog regardless of the €90,000 price. The listing cites about 40 m² versus the advertised 95 m², with infiltration damage, non-compliant systems, and an estimated €5,000 regularization cost.
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Some gallery images show bright, polished interiors, but there is no compelling view, historic character, exterior appeal, or meaningful private outdoor space. The documented property is a small urban apartment needing renovation, with infiltration damage, non-compliant systems, uncertain actual size, and an occupancy/legal complication.
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€19,000 – €34,000
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 legal description says the apartment is only about 40 sqm, despite the advertised 95 sqm estimate being unreliable.
- It has significant traces of past water infiltration, mediocre maintenance, very cheap finishes, and non-compliant systems.
- A planning regularization is estimated at about €5,000, and the property is currently occupied by the debtor company.
- The gallery appears inconsistent with the modest auction description, so the attractive interiors may be representative rather than the actual apartment.
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 55/100This is in the northern built-up area of Rome, with the Tiber valley and the first agricultural stretches of the Agro Romano nearby. Veio Regional Park lies within this radius, with tufa ravines, wooded patches and archaeological areas around the old Veii site. The nearest large town is Rome itself, with the full range of services, major monuments, hospitals, universities and rail links. The area is known for the suburban edge of Rome, consular-road development and surviving pockets of countryside around Veio.