Trilocale in Via Frondarola, 63, Castelverde, Roma,
Trilocale in Via Frondarola, 63, Castelverde, Roma,. Habitable.
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 €36,975 (€649/m²), the apartment looks inexpensive upfront, but allowing about €200/m² for a merely habitable condition puts the effective cost near €849/m². That is above the local €660/m² benchmark, and the listing gives no information on bathrooms, energy performance, or building age.
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€4,000 – €6,000
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.
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 55/100The cluster is in the Tivoli area at the foot of the Monti Tiburtini and close to the Aniene valley. The Aniene river runs through Tivoli and forms the falls at the town. Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este in Tivoli are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Tivoli is a substantial town with full services and a large historic core. Rome is the nearest major city for daily links, but the surroundings here are already part of the eastern Roman urban belt.