Casa bifamiliare in Strada Provinciale Per Orvinio
Orvinio (RI), annoverato come uno dei Borghi più belli d’Italia, adagiato sulle pendici dei Monti Lucretili a 840 metri di altitudine, è il centro abitato più alto dell’omonimo Parco Naturale Regionale. La sua storia ha radici antichissime e il paese conserva ancora oggi l’impianto medievale con la sua cinta muraria, le torri difensive e il castello che lo domina. Siamo...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is €493/m², about 18% below the Lazio townhouse baseline of €600/m², but the listing provides no condition, construction, or habitability details beyond the location. Using a conservative €700/m² renovation allowance gives an effective cost of roughly €1,193/m², so the apparent discount is not yet reliable.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable, furnished home with a working-looking kitchen, fireplace, solid floors, traditional shutters, and a large balcony. Its strongest appeal is the secluded woodland setting: the house is surrounded by mature trees, private garden areas, terraces, garages, and rustic outdoor structures. It is not a polished dream villa and lacks a proven panoramic view, but €69,000 for a usable 140 sqm retreat with this much nature is highly compelling.
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€28,000 – €49,000
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.
- The house shows weathering and would likely benefit from cosmetic maintenance.
- The extensive wooded grounds and outbuildings may require significant upkeep.
- Only limited interior areas are shown, and utilities, heating, and access should be verified.
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 53/100The cluster sits in the Sabina (Monti Sabini) sector of the central Apennine foothills: hilly terrain of small valleys, ridges and mixed woodland. Land use within the area is a mosaic of small olive groves, arable plots and wooded parcels typical of Sabina farming. The area is dotted with small medieval hill villages and rural roads rather than continuous settlements. The area is within the historical Sabina olive-growing zone (Sabina DOP olive oil is produced in the wider area). There are no major lakes or ski areas inside a 15 km radius; the nearest larger service centre is the provincial capital Rieti, which provides hospital and administrative services and lies to the northeast at regional-road distances. Regional rail and main roads that link the Sabina towns to Rome run through the wider valley corridors rather than through the immediate hilltops.