Appartamento in Atina
Appartamento in Atina. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, cucina, arredato.
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 €667/m², the purchase price is close to the local benchmark, but estimated renovation and setup costs bring the effective cost to about €867/m². The apartment is habitable and includes heating, furniture, and a garage, so it is a reasonable small-home option rather than a standout bargain.
More on the house and the area
A bright, photogenic orange home with balconies, stone-trimmed openings, and a dramatic rocky hillside backdrop gives this tiny apartment some character. It appears genuinely habitable, furnished, heated, and equipped with a kitchen, but the 30 sqm layout and very basic interiors make it more of a compact pied-à-terre than a dream Italian residence.
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€2,000 – €4,000
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.
- Very compact at 30 sqm, effectively a small one-room home.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and basic, especially the kitchenette and furnishings.
- The photos do not clearly show the bathroom or confirm whether the large paved courtyard is private.
- No strong panoramic view or meaningful garden is evident.
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 70/100The cluster sits in the foothills of the central Apennines in southern Lazio. Within about 15 km are the Liri valley and the Liri river, which runs south through Cassino. The Abbey of Montecassino, a historic Benedictine monastery, lies roughly 10 km to the south. Cassino is the nearest town of size and provides a railway station on the Rome–Naples line, A1 motorway access, hospitals, supermarkets and secondary schools. The immediate surroundings are agricultural hills with areas of mixed woodland typical of this part of Lazio. The area is associated with the 1944 Battle of Montecassino and contains wartime cemeteries and memorials.