Terratetto plurifamiliare in Cervaro
Cervaro, via Mulini, proponiamo in vendita esclusiva una casa semindipendente distribuita su tre livelli, situata in posizione strategica a poca distanza dal centro del paese. La soluzione ideale per chi desidera indipendenza, tranquillità e la comodità di avere tutti i servizi principali a portata di mano. * Piano…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €85,000 for 260 sqm, the ask is €327/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €527/sqm versus a €625/sqm local baseline, so it looks meaningfully below ordinary stock. The description is detailed and consistent with a ready-to-live-in townhouse (double glazing, A/C, 30 photos), which supports a solid but not ultra-cheap deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable home rather than a project: large, habitable interiors, heating, and multiple outdoor spaces make it genuinely livable. The wow comes mainly from the hillside borgo view and the handsome old stone entrance, while the rest feels modest and a bit tired rather than beautiful. Good value for the size, but it needs cosmetic upgrading to feel dream-home special.
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€17,000 – €29,000
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.
- Exterior needs maintenance and repainting
- Terraces/balconies are usable but worn
- Interiors are habitable yet fairly plain and dated
- No bathroom shown in the photos
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 59/100The cluster lies in the Liri valley at the foot of the southern Lazio Apennine foothills, with Monte Cairo and the mountains around Cassino within the local landscape. The Rapido and Gari river system is nearby in the Cassino plain. The nearest town of size is Cassino, which has full services, a rail station and the abbey of Montecassino on the hill above the town. This area is known for the Montecassino battlefields and war cemeteries of the Second World War.