Casa indipendente 10 locali, 241 m² in Viale Cavour 17, Canc
Casa indipendente 10 locali, 241 m² in Viale Cavour 17, Canc. Needs renovation, cancello elettrico, caminetto, taverna, esposizione esterna, cucina, balcone, arredato, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €162/m², the asking price is far below comparable Campania listings at about €359/m², but renovating 241 m² at roughly €700/m² brings the estimated all-in cost to about €207,700, or €861/m². The listing does not state any bathrooms, and the substantial renovation requirement makes the apparent discount misleading.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, inexpensive villa with some existing furnishings, tiled floors, and a potentially useful layout. However, the gallery is dominated by serious moisture and mold damage, with no confirmed bathrooms and no compelling view, exterior, garden, or architectural character; it is a substantial renovation project rather than a dream-ready 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€48,000 – €85,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Severe, widespread damp and mold are visible on walls, ceilings, and around windows.
- The property is explicitly sold as needing renovation; bathrooms are not confirmed in the facts.
- No attractive exterior, garden, view, or distinctive historic features are shown.
- Auction purchase and the advertised discount may involve additional legal, access, or renovation checks.
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 38/100This is the lower Volturno plain, with the Volturno River as the main landscape feature in the area. The terrain around Cancello ed Arnone is flat agricultural land with drainage canals, fields and scattered farm buildings. The nearest town of size is Caserta, which has the Reggia di Caserta and full city services, but it lies outside the immediate landscape radius. The coast around Castel Volturno is the nearest seafront, with low sandy shoreline rather than cliffs or headlands. The area is known for river-plain farming and water buffalo breeding linked to mozzarella di bufala campana.