Monolocale in Corso Francesco Petrarca 20
Capranica - Ingresso centro storico. In posizione strategica, all'ingresso del centro storico di Capranica e a pochi passi da tutti i principali servizi, proponiamo in vendita un monolocale di circa 35 mq posto al primo piano di una palazzina composta da numerose unità abitative. L'immobile, da personalizzare, si…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €24,000 (€600/m²), the asking price is below comparable local levels, but the 40 m² apartment needs substantial completion and has no heating system. Adding roughly €32,000 in renovation puts the effective cost near €1,400/m², reducing the apparent bargain despite its central historic-center location.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely atmospheric historic-center studio with exposed wooden ceilings, stone details, and an attractive cobbled-town setting. It is a real usable home with kitchen, bathroom, furnishings, and finished floors, but the small size, basic presentation, and lack of heating keep it below dream-home territory.
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, €800/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- No heating system is currently installed.
- The 40 m² studio is basic and needs personalization or cosmetic updating.
- The apartment is in a historic-center building, so access, parking, and renovation restrictions may need checking.
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 sits in the Monti Sabatini, a volcanic hill area with broad wooded slopes and tufa ground. Lake Bracciano lies within this radius on the southeast side, and Lake Vico is just beyond it to the northwest. Much of the surrounding countryside is oak and chestnut woodland with farmed clearings, and the area is known for hazelnut cultivation. Sutri is the nearest historic town of note, with an old centre and the Roman amphitheatre cut into the tufa. The Palazzo Giustiniani Odescalchi at Bassano Romano is a local historic landmark.