ASTA - PRE ASTA in Via dello Scorpione 18/20, Ardea RM
DATA ASTA 11/11/2026 - OFFERTA MINIMA € 59.250,00 - RIALZO € 4.000,00 - PROCEDURA VL 354/2024 - LOTTO U MM Aste offre la sua consulenza per l'acquisto in Asta o Pre-Asta (Saldo e Stralcio) del seguente immobile: Via dello Scorpione 18/20, Ardea RM Piena e perfetta proprietà su villa articolata su tre piani (piano…
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 listing ('DATA ASTA', 'offerta minima', 'procedura'), which is a veto red flag for this catalog regardless of the nominal €445/m² vs €616/m² baseline. The ad also reads like auction-consultancy marketing rather than a normal sale, so the low headline price is not directly comparable.
More on the house and the area
This does not present as a dream-home listing because the gallery is almost entirely agency marketing slides rather than the actual property. The written description suggests a usable three-level villa with garden, balcony and cellar, but without real house photos there is no proven beauty or confirmed condition beyond basic habitability.
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 – €15,000
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.
- No real property photos: interiors, exterior and garden are not shown
- Auction listing, so condition and occupancy/legal details need verification
- Bathroom count in facts is inconsistent with the written description
- Any wow from the Rome skyline image is generic marketing, not the house itself
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.