Via Fiume, 4, Palombara Sabina
Tribunale: Tivoli RGE: 88/2024 PVP: 4649879 1/1 piena proprietà Appartamento ubicato a Palombara Sabina (RM) – Via Fiume n. 4, piano terra; identificato al catasto Fabbricati - Fg. 51, Part. 633, Sub. 8, Categoria A/4, classe 2, composto da cucina, camera, bagno e balcone, al momento dell'accesso in sufficienti…
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €23,250 (€554/m²), the price looks low versus comparable Lazio apartments, but this is explicitly a judicial auction, which carries a decisive purchase-process risk. The listing also says the images are indicative rather than real, while the condition is described inconsistently.
More on the house and the area
The pictured interiors are clean and modern, but they cannot be credited as evidence of this apartment’s actual condition. The real property is a small 42 m² ground-floor apartment described as being in only sufficient condition, with no notable view, historic character, or outdoor setting shown.
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€8,000 – €15,000
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 listing explicitly says the images are illustrative and not photos of the actual property.
- Auction purchase with potentially complex legal and handover procedures.
- The apartment is listed as needing renovation and has a low energy rating (G).
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 71/100The cluster lies on the Sabine foothills below the Monti Lucretili. The Monti Lucretili Regional Park is within the local area, with limestone ridges, wooded slopes and ravines above the settled belt. The Aniene valley is to the south-west of this part of the Sabina, and the Tiber plain is farther west toward Rome. The nearest larger urban centre is Tivoli, with major historic monuments including Villa d’Este and Hadrian’s Villa, while Rome is the dominant city for services and transport but does not count as a landscape feature here. The area is known for olive growing in the Sabina hills, including the Sabina olive-oil zone.