Bilocale in Sant'Anastasia
Bilocale in Sant'Anastasia. Needs renovation, autonomo heating.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Kitchen
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At €65,000 for 40 m² and needing renovation, the estimated all-in cost is about €93,000, or €2,325/m²—over four times the local €542/m² benchmark. The listing offers no specific renovation details to justify this premium.
More on the house and the area
This is a compact, functional town apartment with tiled floors, a bathroom, heating, and a solid-looking structure, but it has little visual charm beyond an urban historic-street setting. The property appears to need meaningful updating rather than being a ready-to-live-in dream home, and there is no garden, view, or distinctive interior character.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Needs renovation, with unfinished kitchen plumbing and visibly dated finishes.
- No outdoor space, attractive view, or standout architectural feature is shown.
- The polished kitchen image appears inconsistent with the other photos, so actual condition 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 92/100The town sits on the lower northern slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius and the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio are within 15 km; the park includes marked trails that reach the crater rim. The Gulf of Naples is the adjacent sea; shoreline towns between Pollena Trocchia and the gulf include Ercolano (Herculaneum), Torre del Greco and Torre Annunziata. The archaeological areas of Pompei, Ercolano (Herculaneum) and Torre Annunziata are UNESCO World Heritage sites and lie within the same radius. The area is part of the Naples metropolitan zone; Naples is the nearest large city with a major port, long-distance rail links and Naples–Capodichino airport reachable by road. Soils on the lower slopes are volcanic; local agriculture includes vineyards and orchards and the area is associated with Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio DOC wine. The territory combines an urbanised coastal plain toward Naples with cultivated and forested volcanic slopes closer to Vesuvius; there are no ski lifts in the area.