Villa unifamiliare in Gavignano
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Villetta ubicata a Gavignano (RM) - Strada Seconda di Vallicelle, n.5 interno 1, piano T-1, parte di un fabbricato di maggiore consistenza disposto su due livelli, piano terra e primo, collegati tra loro da una scala interna e composto da tre vani catastali, con annessa corte…
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 explicitly a judicial auction, which is an automatic veto. Worse, the description says the building is completely abusive, not regularizable, and subject to a demolition order, so despite the low €334/m² price it is not a viable dwelling purchase.
More on the house and the area
It is a usable, lived-in house with kitchen, bathroom, heating and some outdoor terrace space, so this is not a ruin. But the photos are visually quite ordinary, and the listing's legal situation is extremely severe: the property is fully unauthorized, not sanabile, and under a demolition order.
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€9,000 – €14,000
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.
- Completely abusive and explicitly not regularizable
- Subject to a demolition order
- Auction sale based on 'valore d'uso' rather than clean standard ownership
- Interiors look habitable but dated and fairly ordinary
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 Lepini Mountains rise immediately around Segni, with limestone slopes and ridge country within the 15 km radius. The upper Sacco valley lies below the town. Monti Lepini is the named mountain area here, and Segni itself stands on a historic hill site above the plain. Colleferro is the nearest larger town with full services and rail connections. The area is known for olive groves and for Segni’s substantial cyclopean polygonal walls from antiquity.