Prima porta
PRIMA PORTA. Habitable, autonomo heating, cancello elettrico, fibra ottica, videocitofono, impianto di allarme, porta blindata, esposizione esterna, accesso per disabili, balcone, terrazzo, impianto tv centralizzato, 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 €84,000 (€646/m²), the apartment is habitable and offers two bathrooms, heating, balcony and terrace, but allowing about €200/m² for updates brings the effective cost to roughly €846/m². That is about 28% above the €661/m² local benchmark, with no strong proximity-to-sea or central-location premium to justify the difference.
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€9,000 – €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.
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 Monti Sabatini volcanic hills are the immediate landscape here. The area falls inside the Veio Regional Park, with tufa ravines, wooded slopes and farmland around the old routes north of Rome. The nearest town of size is Rome, which provides the full range of services and jobs; Formello and Campagnano di Roma are the nearer small centres with historic cores. The area is known for the countryside of the Agro Veientano and for the archaeological landscape linked to ancient Veii.