Villa in Via Collealto
Arce (FR), Via Collealto, in contesto riservato e residenziale, proponiamo in vendita CASA INDIPENDENTE, mq 220 circa, composta da Piano Seminterrato: garage, cantina, lavanderia; Piano Terra Rialzato: porticato, ingresso, sala/cucina, 2 camere, bagno; Piano Primo: camera, bagno. Completa la proprietà il terreno pianeggiante e soleggiato. SEMIRIFINITA ( impianti predisposti) - Prezzo Euro 79.000.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The house is priced at €359/m², but it is explicitly described as semirifinita with only systems pre-arranged, so I estimate about €700/m² to complete it; that gives an effective cost around €1,059/m². Even including completion works, it remains attractive for a 220 m² detached villa with land and 35 photos, and the low entry price is the main positive signal.
More on the house and the area
The olive trees, open land and mountain backdrop give it some rural appeal, and 220 sqm for this price has bargain pull. But this is clearly a semifinished house rather than a usable home: raw interiors, unfinished rooms, and no visible completed kitchen or bathrooms. Dream potential is there, but right now it is a project, not a lived-in Italian beauty.
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€44,000 – €77,000
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.
- Semifinished shell: major interior fit-out still needed
- No finished kitchen or bathrooms visible
- Windows/doors appear incomplete, so not move-in ready
- Power lines and roadside setting reduce the idyll
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 55/100Arce sits in the Liri valley between the Monti Aurunci to the southwest and the Monti Ausoni to the west, with the Monti Ernici and the inner Apennine relief farther north and east. The area is tied to the Liri-Sacco valley system; the Liri river runs nearby around Ceprano and Isola del Liri. Monte Orlando Regional Park and the coast at Gaeta are outside the 15 km landscape and do not count as local features. The nearest larger centre is Cassino, which has full services and the abbey of Montecassino above the town. Isola del Liri, within the same provincial area, is known for its waterfall in the historic centre. This part of southern Lazio is known for olive groves, mixed farming and small hill towns above the valley floor.