Colle Romito Bilocale con veranda e giardino con posto auto
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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 €45,000 for 40 sqm, the asking price is €1,125/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,325/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €594/sqm, so it looks expensive for this catalog. The 1 km distance to the sea and 18 photos help, but the very small size and above-baseline effective price keep it only fair.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable little home rather than a project: kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and enclosed veranda all look functional and habitable now. The best charm comes from the sunny garden space, leafy outlook and proximity to the sea, but the house is modest, dated and needs cosmetic improvement to feel dreamy. At €45k near the coast, the price adds appeal more than the architecture does.
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€3,000 – €4,000
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 and garden need clear cosmetic refresh and tidying
- Interiors are basic and somewhat dated rather than stylish
- View is pleasant suburban greenery, not a dramatic sea view
- Small 40 sqm layout limits full-time living comfort
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 46/100The cluster is in the coastal plain south of Rome near the Tyrrhenian shore, with long low sandy coastline around Marina di Ardea and Tor San Lorenzo. The area is part of the Agro Romano, mostly flat and built up in strips between beach settlements, pine groves, fields and roads. The nearest larger urban centre is Rome to the north, and daily life here is tied more to the metropolitan fringe and coast road than to a distinct local landscape. Ardea is an ancient site with remains linked to the Volsci and a historic centre on a tufa rise, but the surroundings within about 15 km are mainly suburban coast and plain.