Rustico/casale in Via Colle Doddo 1
Nel cuore della tranquilla località di Colle Doddo, nel comune di Palestrina, si trova un rustico di 35 mq in vendita. Costruito nel 1980, questo immobile al piano terra offre un'opportunità unica per chi desidera un rifugio immerso nella natura. La struttura, di categoria agricola, è ideale per chi cerca un progetto da personalizzare secondo le proprie esigenze. La posizione...
What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description explicitly identifies the 35 m² property as agricultural-category space, so it may not legally qualify as a dwelling. Even before renovation, the effective cost would be about €1,929/m² (€29,000 + roughly €38,500 renovation), versus a €659/m² baseline.
More on the house and the area
The strongest appeal is the sunny, productive garden with mature olive and fruit trees, offering genuine countryside potential at a very low price. However, the 35 sqm building looks like a basic farm outbuilding/workshop rather than a beautiful livable home, and the gallery does not show a finished interior.
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€14,000 – €21,000
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.
- This appears to be an agricultural rustico or outbuilding rather than a move-in-ready home.
- Interiors are dominated by workshop/storage clutter, with no clear living area or usable kitchen shown.
- Significant renovation, utility and legal-use checks are needed before treating it as a residence.
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 is in the Monti Prenestini, with the Simbruini mountains farther east on the horizon and the upper Aniene valley beyond them. The nearest major river landscape is the Aniene basin, and Tivoli is within the wider daily orbit with Villa d’Este and Hadrian’s Villa, both UNESCO sites, but they are outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Around Poli itself the setting is inland limestone hill country with olive groves, wooded slopes and small historic hill towns such as Palestrina and Cave nearby. Palestrina is the nearest substantial town in the area, with services, a sizeable historic centre and the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. The area is known for hill villages on the edge of the Roman hinterland and for olive cultivation.