Villino Cerveteri Via Dante Travagliati
Villino Cerveteri Via Dante Travagliati. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, esposizione doppia.
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In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
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At €75,000 (€1,071/m²), this 70 m² villa needs renovation estimated at about €49,000, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,771/m²—well above the local €533/m² benchmark. The location is attractive at 4 km from the sea, but the renovation burden makes this weak value.
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A practical, usable small villa with a genuinely appealing feature: a large private planted terrace and garden with mature trees, shade awnings, and outdoor dining space. The interior is fully fitted with a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, air conditioning, and solid floors, but the dated finishes and modest suburban setting keep it in the charming rather than dream-home category.
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€14,000 – €25,000
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.
- Needs renovation and cosmetic updating.
- The property is in a built-up residential setting with no notable landscape or sea view.
- The exterior finish, terrace coverings, and garden edging look dated and may need maintenance.
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 68/100The cluster is in the coastal plain and low tuff hills between Cerveteri and the Tyrrhenian. The Tyrrhenian coast is within a few kilometres, with the beaches and shore settlements of Marina di Cerveteri and Ladispoli in the same local area. The Fosso Zambra and other short streams cut the volcanic tuff countryside inland. The Necropolis of Banditaccia at Cerveteri, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is within the local area and is one of the main Etruscan archaeological landscapes in Italy. Cerveteri itself is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and everyday services; Ladispoli adds rail access and a larger coastal service strip. The area is known for Etruscan archaeology and for farmland on the old volcanic plateau near the coast.