Polla
Polla. Habitable, autonomo heating.
What it really costs
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €40,078, the estimated effective cost is about €446/m² after allowing €200/m² for a habitable property, slightly above the local €410/m² reference. The listing is very sparse and does not state the number of bathrooms or provide meaningful detail about the home's condition.
More on the house and the area
The interior appears recently renovated, stylish, bright, and genuinely livable, with a well-equipped kitchen, modern bathroom, and quality finishes. However, the exterior is a plain, weathered apartment block with no visible view, garden, or historic Italian character, so the home has limited dream-home appeal despite the impressive price per square metre.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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 exterior shows a dated, unattractive apartment-block setting with no visible Italian landscape or historic character.
- The gallery and listing facts appear inconsistent: the photos show a polished modern interior and bathroom, while the facts list zero bathrooms.
- Verify that all five photos belong to this 163 sqm property and confirm legal layout, utilities, and condominium condition.
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 69/100The cluster is in the Vallo di Diano, with the southern Campanian Apennines around it and the mass of the Cilento mountains and the Alburni not far off within the wider basin edge. The Tanagro river runs through this area of the valley. The Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park reaches this part of inland Salerno province. Polla is the nearest town of size in the immediate area and has the normal services of a small inland centre; Sala Consilina nearby is the larger service town in the valley with shops, schools and hospitals. This inland part of the province is known for a broad farmed valley enclosed by limestone mountains and for cave and karst landscapes in the Alburni area.