Rustico in Anagni
Rustico in Anagni. Needs renovation.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Roof
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At €69,000 for 100 m², estimated renovation brings the total to about €139,000 (€1,390/m²), far above comparable Lazio homes around €570/m². The one-room description gives no bathrooms and little detail on the renovation scope, making this a weak project rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
The property has a genuinely attractive rural setting, with broad mountain views, mature olive trees, and substantial open land. However, the farmhouse itself is only a bare masonry shell with no visible habitable interior, so it is a major reconstruction project rather than a home someone could realistically live in soon.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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.
- The building is an empty, roofless or partially roofed shell requiring a full renovation.
- No bathroom, kitchen, flooring, windows, or livable interior is shown.
- Utilities, permitted residential use, and renovation feasibility need verification.
- Access appears to be via a narrow rural lane.
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 area sits in the Sacco valley with the Monti Ernici to the east and the Monti Lepini to the west and south-west. Anagni itself is a substantial hill town with a cathedral, papal medieval core and services. The Monti Simbruini Regional Park begins farther north-east beyond the immediate valley. Fiuggi is the nearest larger town in the uplands and Frosinone is the main service centre in the wider valley. The area is known above all for Anagni’s historic religious and papal heritage rather than for a singular protected landscape within the immediate surroundings.