Porzione di fabbricato in via Casilina Sud
A Cervaro in via Casilina, proponiamo in vendita una porzione di fabbricato, con destinazione mista commerciale ed abitativa, su due livelli con ampio terrazzo al piano primo, piccola corte antistante e giardino retrostante, con diritti sulla corte comune con accesso carrabile dalla via Risorgimento. L'immobile è da ristrutturare completamente.
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
The €55,000 asking price looks low at €509/m², but complete renovation brings the estimated effective cost to about €1,609/m², far above the €594/m² local benchmark. The property has mixed commercial and residential designation, and the listing does not state the number of bathrooms, adding uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial old townhouse with arched stone-framed openings, balconies, a large rear terrace, garden, and a glimpse toward the surrounding hills. However, it is explicitly sold for complete renovation, with no bathroom listed and visible damp, worn surfaces, and unfinished-looking spaces, so it is a project rather than a ready-to-live-in dream home.
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€43,000 – €63,000
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 is required, including conversion from former commercial/residential use.
- No bathroom is listed or visible, and the interiors show damp staining and dated finishes.
- The building appears to have substantial exterior and terrace maintenance needs.
- It fronts a busy road, which may limit privacy and quiet enjoyment.
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 lies in the Liri valley at the foot of the southern Lazio Apennine foothills, with Monte Cairo and the mountains above Cassino within the local landscape. The Rapido-Gari river system runs through this area before joining the Liri. The nearest substantial town is Cassino, which has full daily services, a railway station, the Abbey of Montecassino on the hill above the town, and the University of Cassino. This stretch of southern Lazio is known for the Cassino battlefield area and for an agricultural valley landscape between the mountains and the route toward the coast.