Via San Iasso, 19, Sarno
Via San Iasso, 19, Sarno. autonomo heating.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €9,211 asking price is very low at €279/m², versus €544/m² for comparable Campania apartments, but allowing roughly €700/m² for an unspecified condition brings the effective cost to about €979/m². The listing gives almost no information about habitability, bathrooms, layout, or required work, so the apparent discount is not yet reliable.
More on the house and the area
The renovated bathroom and polished bedroom are attractive, and the price is strikingly low. However, this is a tiny urban apartment with no visible view, garden, historic character, or appealing exterior, and the kitchen appears incomplete, so it does not read as a ready-to-live-in Italian dream home.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€7,000 – €12,000
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 kitchen appears unfinished or absent, with only utility hookups visible.
- Very small 33 sqm apartment in a dense, visually unattractive apartment-block setting.
- The exceptionally low price may indicate an auction, legal, occupancy, or major-condition issue; details require verification.
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 53/100The cluster is on the eastern side of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese at the foot of the Monti Picentini and the Lattari chain, with Vesuvius visible across the plain and the Sarno river rising in this area. The nearest larger towns are Nocera and the Salerno urban area, with full everyday services and rail links. Pompei is close by, with its UNESCO archaeological area, but that is outside the immediate landscape rather than part of it. This part of Campania is known for dense settlement on a fertile plain between volcanic and limestone mountains.