Appartamento a Cava dei Tirreni (Sa) Via Francesco Ferrara, 13, 84013 Cava de' Tirreni SA, Italia
Appartamento a Cava dei Tirreni (Sa) Via Francesco Ferrara, 13, 84013 Cava de' Tirreni SA, Italia Appartamento sito nel Comune di Cava dei Tirreni alla via Francesco Ferrara n. 13, loc. Annunziata, posto al secondo piano, composto da ingresso, cucina, cameretta, locale W.C. ripostiglio, disimpegno, camera da letto,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €20,568 (€264/m²), this habitable 78 m² apartment is priced well below comparable Campania stock; even allowing about €15,600 for light works, the effective cost is roughly €464/m² versus €542/m². It has 19 photos and autonomous heating, but the listing does not state the building age, energy class, or bathroom details.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable, furnished apartment with a kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, balcony, attic space, and a very low asking price. However, the setting is an ordinary dense urban neighborhood with no attractive view or distinctive architectural character, while the attic and cellar are rough and storage-like rather than dream-home spaces.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€5,000 – €9,000
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.
- No heating system is installed.
- Access is via three external flights of stairs, with no evident lift.
- The attic bedroom and basement cellar look cramped, cluttered, and in need of updating.
- This is an auction property, and the listing warns that photos may not correspond exactly to the property.
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 96/100The cluster is on the Amalfi Coast, with the Lattari Mountains rising directly behind the coast and the Tyrrhenian Sea at the town. Vietri sul Mare is one of the gateway settlements of the Costiera Amalfitana, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape of terraced cliffs, coves and villages built on steep slopes. Salerno is immediately adjacent and provides full city services, rail connections and a ferry port. The area is known for Amalfi Coast ceramics, with Vietri particularly associated with painted majolica.