Casa bifamiliare in Via Colle Cottorino 73
Frosinone Bassa e più precisamente a Colle Cottorino, proponiamo in vendita una casa semi-indipendente disposta su due livelli. L'immobile, di 130 mq, è da ristrutturare condizione tale da permettere di personalizzare gli spazi e le rifiniture. Al piano basso, oltre ad avere la zona giorno, la proprietà include un…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €99,000 (€762/m²), the house needs renovation, bringing the estimated effective cost to about €190,000, or €1,462/m²—far above the €600/m² local comparison level. The large garden, garage, and outbuildings add appeal, but the listing is 41 km from the sea and the renovation burden makes this weak value.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial two-level home with a covered terrace, garage, distant mountain views, and an unusually generous garden with vines, a well, and an outdoor oven. It appears to be a solid, roofed house rather than a ruin, but the dated interiors and visible wear mean it is a renovation project rather than a move-in-ready dream home.
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€26,000 – €46,000
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 main house is explicitly sold as needing renovation, with visibly aged finishes and weathered exterior surfaces.
- The gallery does not clearly prove the condition of the kitchen, bathrooms, heating, or utilities.
- The 1,200 sqm garden includes older outbuildings and storage structures that may also require substantial work.
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 48/100Frosinone sits in the Sacco valley with the Ernici Mountains close to the north and the Lepini range to the west-southwest. The Cosa river runs through the town and the Sacco river valley is the main landscape around it. Within about 15 km the area is a mix of valley-floor settlement, roads and industry, with older hill towns nearby such as Veroli and Alatri just beyond that radius. Rome and the Tyrrhenian coast are practical connections rather than part of the immediate landscape.