Villa in Via G. Strabone
Immobiliare Miramare propone in vendita una villetta indipendente di 220 mq dislocata su due livelli, situata in una traversa di Via Starza, precisamente in Via Strambone n. 5. L’immobile è caratterizzato da una disposizione interna funzionale: • piano terra (sfalsato) con zona giorno composta da ingresso, soggiorno,…
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 €436/m² before works, the price is only slightly above comparable local stock, but the partly habitable, partly renovation-needed condition adds an estimated €99,000, bringing the effective cost to about €886/m² versus a €369/m² benchmark. The sea is just 3 km away and the property has a garden and parking, but the needed ground-floor work and energy class G weaken the deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, spacious independent home with a usable upper level, a small planted courtyard, kitchen, two bathrooms, and several parking spaces. It is not a dream-home visually: the exterior and interiors are dated, the ground floor needs real renovation, and the setting is a fairly ordinary urban neighborhood rather than a scenic Italian location.
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.
Our read of the photos, €450/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€25,000 – €43,000
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 ground floor visibly needs substantial renovation, with dated finishes and signs of damp or exterior wear.
- Energy class G and older systems/fixtures may mean meaningful modernization costs.
- Urban setting has limited privacy and no demonstrated scenic view; parking is on the property but partly exposed.
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 56/100The cluster is on the Domitian coast by the Tyrrhenian Sea, with a long sandy shoreline at Mondragone and the isolated mass of Monte Massico immediately inland. The area includes the lower Garigliano plain and the mouth of the Garigliano River to the north. The nearest larger town is Caserta, which has city services and the Reggia di Caserta UNESCO site, but that is outside the immediate landscape. This stretch of coast is known for beaches, pinewoods in places along the littoral, and intensive lowland agriculture on the coastal plain.