Appartamento al piano terra con balcone
Appartamento al piano terra con balcone. Habitable, autonomo heating, esposizione esterna, accesso per disabili, balcone, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €48,000 for 60 m², the purchase price is €800/m²; allowing about €200/m² for a habitable home, the effective cost is roughly €1,000/m² versus a €661/m² local benchmark. The independent heating, balcony, external exposure and disabled access are positives, but the price is not a standout bargain and the listing does not state the building year or energy class.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable, well-maintained apartment with a fitted kitchen, finished bathroom, heating, attractive arched details, and generous natural light. The covered balcony delivers a superb valley-and-hills view, while the old stone facade and village setting add real Italian character. At €48,000, the combination of condition, panorama, and historic atmosphere is unusually compelling.
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 – €7,000
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.
- The long covered balcony has extensive mesh/netting and a somewhat utilitarian finish.
- The apartment appears move-in ready, but the building exterior and narrow historic-street access may need verification.
- Only one bedroom and one bathroom are shown; energy performance and renovation history are not provided.
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 61/100The cluster is in the Monti Prenestini foothill belt, with the Sacco valley opening to the east and south. The Parco Naturale Regionale dei Monti Simbruini lies to the northeast, beyond the immediate hills. Genazzano has a substantial historic centre and the Colonna castle complex, and Palestrina is the nearest larger town with services and the major sanctuary complex of Fortuna Primigenia. This part of eastern provincia di Roma is known for olive groves, hillside towns and the transition from the Roman campagna to the first Apennine relief.