Rustico di campagna
Rustico di campagna
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Structure
- Roof
- Connections
- Wiring
- Plumbing
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This 31 m² country rustic costs €2,548/m² before works; estimated restoration brings the effective cost to about €3,648/m², versus €571/m² for comparable Lazio stock. The listing gives no condition, layout, utilities, or habitability details, making the high price difficult to justify.
More on the house and the area
The property has a pleasant rural setting with a mature orchard, olive trees, open fields, and gently rolling countryside. However, the small roofed structure is a rough agricultural shell rather than a usable home, with no bathroom or kitchen visible and interiors requiring major work.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €18,000
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 31 sqm building is an unfinished agricultural outbuilding with dirt floors and no visible bathroom, kitchen, or living facilities.
- The interior shows deterioration, cracks, debris, and heavy overgrowth, so substantial renovation is likely.
- Rural access and nearby power infrastructure are visible, but utilities and legal residential use are not confirmed.
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 58/100The Sabine hills begin around Montelibretti, with low ridges, olive groves and cultivated valleys. The Tiber valley lies nearby, and the Farfa river valley is within this part of the Sabina. The Lucretili Mountains are the nearest named range, rising to the east within about this radius, with the Monte Catillo and Monti Lucretili regional protected areas farther along the same belt. Palombara Sabina is the nearest historic town of note in this area, with a castle and a substantial old centre. The wider area is known for olive oil and for the Sabina countryside north-east of Rome.