Villa unifamiliare in Labico
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Piena proprietà Immobile sito in Labico (RM) - Circonvallazione Giovanni Falcone n.17 int. A piano seminterrato, costituito da locale con destinazione di fatto commerciale, sepppur identificato catastalmente come appartamento categoria A2, con sala vendita, disimpegno,bagno e…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction ('asta immobiliare'), which is an automatic veto for this catalog. The text also conflicts with the listing facts: it is described as a semi-basement commercial/sales space occupied by the debtor company, not a normal 65 sqm habitable villa, so despite the €45,001 asking price it is not a straightforward dwelling purchase.
More on the house and the area
This looks like a low-priced auction opportunity rather than a dream Italian home. The building exterior is ordinary and the photos mainly show a former shop/lab space with basic finishes, clutter and only partial bathroom facilities. It may be usable after works and regularization, but as presented it does not feel like a beautiful, ready place to live.
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€13,000 – €23,000
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.
- It appears to be a former commercial unit in the semi-basement, not a proven ready home.
- No real residential interior is shown: no kitchen, bedroom or livable domestic spaces.
- There is a cadastral/partition discrepancy mentioned in the description.
- The property is occupied by the debtor company, so possession may not be immediate.
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 cluster is on the Prenestini hills, part of the Anti-Apennine limestone ridge east of Rome. The Sacco valley lies nearby, and the higher Simbruini-Ernici mountains rise farther east beyond the immediate hills. Palestrina itself is a substantial historic hill town with the sanctuary complex of Fortuna Primigenia and a large old centre. Within this radius the landscape is a mix of wooded slopes, olive groves and settled hill country rather than open high mountain terrain. Rome is the nearest major city for higher-order services and transport, but it does not affect the landscape score. The area is known historically for ancient Praeneste and for hill towns on the Roman hinterland ridge.