Palazzo - Edificio in Roma
Immobile Cieloterra, completamente indipendente con piccola corte antistante e terrazzo sovrastante di proprietà per circa 150 m² attualmente categoria Commerciale, possibilità cambio di destinazione d'uso a residenziale con possibilità di frazionamento in più unità abitative e o ricettive… da ristrutturare
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Roof
- Damp
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Asking €49,000 plus about €700/m² of works for 130 m² yields an effective ≈€1,077/m², well above the regional typical ≈€454/m². The unit is currently listed as commercial (needs change of use) and the ad omits energy class and year of construction.
More on the house and the area
The property has some potential from its independent layout, courtyard, and claimed rooftop terrace, but the photos show a dangerous, heavily braced structure rather than a livable Italian home. It is a major redevelopment project with serious structural and planning risks, not a dream-home opportunity in its current state.
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.
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.
- Clearly unsafe structure with prominent danger-of-collapse warnings and extensive temporary shoring.
- Appears to be an uninhabitable shell requiring major structural renovation, not a move-in home.
- Currently commercial use; residential conversion is only described as a possibility and may require approvals.
- No usable interior, finished rooms, kitchen, or bathroom is shown.
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 55/100This cluster lies inside the continuous built-up area of Rome, so the lived setting is urban streets rather than a rural landscape. The Tiber runs through the city. Central Rome has major historic monuments and UNESCO status, but these are urban cultural features rather than surrounding landscape.