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**Appartamento Duplex in Vendita - Ottima Opportunità di Investimento** Se stai cercando un'opportunità di investimento unica, questo appartamento duplex è la scelta ideale! Situato al primo piano di un edificio, l'immobile si estende su 75 m² commerciali e offre un layout versatile e spazioso. Al primo piano,…
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 €49,000 (€653/m²), the apartment is already above the local €542/m² benchmark, and its “da ripristinare” condition adds roughly €82,500 in renovation costs. The effective cost is therefore about €1,753/m²; the listing also gives limited detail on the restoration scope and oddly describes approximately 80 m² within 75 commercial m².
More on the house and the area
This is a functional-looking but very weathered duplex in a dense residential street, with only a modest glimpse of green hills and no standout architectural or outdoor feature. At 75 m² and €49,000 it could become a practical home, but it is currently a restoration project rather than a ready-to-live-in Italian dream house.
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€30,000 – €44,000
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 apartment is explicitly described as needing restoration, with no interior photos to confirm current habitability.
- The building exterior shows substantial weathering, damp staining and aging finishes.
- Energy class G; the attic level appears to require significant customization.
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 54/100The cluster lies in the Agro Nocerino plain at the foot of the Monti Lattari. The Sarno river system crosses this plain. The Monti Lattari Regional Park begins nearby on the ridge line above the plain. The nearest coast is the Gulf of Salerno, with the urban shore around Salerno and Vietri sul Mare nearby, but the main scenic coast of the Amalfi side is beyond the 15 km landscape radius. Cava de' Tirreni and Salerno are the nearest larger centres, with full services, rail links and hospitals. Nocera and the surrounding plain are known for intensive cultivation and for the canned-tomato district of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese.