Via Tenente Bruno Lombardi, 47, Castel San Giorgio
Via Tenente Bruno Lombardi, 47, Castel San Giorgio. Habitable, autonomo heating.
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €56,200 (€432/m²), this habitable 130 m² apartment is attractively priced upfront, but allowing about €26,000 for likely finishing or updates brings the effective cost to roughly €632/m², above the local €544/m² benchmark. The very brief listing and zero reported bathrooms make key habitability details worth verifying.
More on the house and the area
A spacious, finished 130 m² apartment with a polished contemporary kitchen, modern bathroom, skylit open living area, and access to a genuinely characterful historic streetscape. It looks usable rather than project-level, but the interiors are more practical and modern than distinctly Italian or dreamlike, with no view or outdoor space shown.
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€9,000 – €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.
- The apartment appears habitable, but the listing reports zero bathrooms despite showing a finished bathroom, so the facts need verification.
- No private garden, terrace, or notable view is shown; the setting is a dense urban street.
- The large attic-style room may require checking for ceiling height, permits, insulation, and heating performance.
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 49/100The cluster lies in the Sarno valley, with the Monti Lattari close to the south and west and the first Picentini slopes inland to the east. The Sarno river plain and its dense cultivated and built-up belt are the immediate landscape. The nearest larger town is Nocera Inferiore, which has a full service centre and rail links; Salerno is the nearest city of size. The Monti Lattari Regional Park begins nearby on the ridge side above the valley. Pompeii is within the wider plain but outside the immediate 15 km landscape. The area is known for intensive agriculture in the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese and for being a corridor between Naples, the Vesuvian plain and Salerno.