Bilocale in Via Lidia Bianchi, 109, Selva Candida - Selva Nera, Roma,
Bilocale in Via Lidia Bianchi, 109, Selva Candida - Selva Nera, 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 €93,750 for 57 m², the effective cost is about €1,845/m² after a modest habitable-home allowance, versus a local reference of €660/m². The description is extremely sparse and the recorded zero bathrooms conflicts with the claim that the apartment is habitable.
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 55/100This cluster is in the northwestern built-up area of Rome, with the urban fabric of the capital around it. The Tiber is the main river of the city. Daily-life surroundings include city streets, outer neighborhoods and major road infrastructure rather than a distinct rural or natural landscape. Rome itself has first-rank historic monuments, museums, services, rail links and airports, and the Vatican City is a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the city, but the urban cap applies here because the cluster sits inside a city far above 50,000 residents.