Duplex completamente da ristrutturare in via umberto i
Cerchi un progetto da plasmare esattamente su misura per te o un’opportunità d'investimento nel centro storico? In Via Umberto I n. 15, nel cuore pulsante di Sezze, proponiamo in vendita un duplex con terrazzo, un immobile dal grande potenziale ma completamente da ristrutturare. LA DISPOSIZIONE DEGLI…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Price is €25,000 for 145 sqm (€172/sqm), but the text says completely to restore, so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,272/sqm. That is about 2.0x the Lazio townhouse baseline of €625/sqm, but the historic-center location, terrace/balcony, and solid size keep it in good-project territory rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
There is some real old-town charm here: a historic lane setting, aged stone surroundings, and an upper-floor window view over borgo rooftops to a church dome. But this is not a ready home — it is a full renovation project with tired interiors, obsolete finishes, and major updating needed before comfortable living.
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€57,000 – €85,000
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.
- Complete renovation needed throughout.
- Interiors are dated and partly stripped, not move-in ready.
- Historic-center access is via narrow lanes, likely limited for cars.
- Only a modest town-rooftop view rather than a sweeping panorama.
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 cluster is on the Lepini side of southern Lazio, with the Monti Lepini immediately around Sezze. The area looks over the Pontine plain, and the coast near Sabaudia and the Circeo promontory is outside the 15 km radius but part of wider daily geography. The nearest substantial town is Latina, which has the main services and rail connections for this part of the plain. Sezze has a large historic hill town core and is known locally for olive groves and the slope between the Lepini mountains and the reclaimed plain.