Rustico in Montecorvino Rovella
MONTECORVINO ROVELLA. LOCALITA' GAURO. Nei pressi della frazione. A pochi minuti dal centro di Montecorvino Rovella e da Giffoni Valle Piana. Fronte strada. Deposito agricolo da completare distribuito su due livelli. Piano seminterrato di 38 metri quadrati circa. Piano rialzato di 38 metri quadrati circa con…
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Move in as it is
In the listingRenovated- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
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The description explicitly says 'deposito agricolo da completare', i.e. an agricultural storage building, not a legal dwelling, which is a veto red flag. Even though the ask is only €29,900 for 76 sqm plus 15,141 sqm of land, this should be treated as non-habitable unless full change-of-use is verified.
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The hillside setting is the real appeal here: there is a broad valley-to-sea panoramic view and a large piece of wooded/nut land that feels private and green. But the building itself is very plain and only partly finished inside, with raw floors and no visible fitted living spaces, so this reads more as a project than a ready home. At this price it has some dream value, but mainly for the view and land rather than the house itself.
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€15,000 – €27,000
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.
- Agricultural outbuilding to be completed, not a finished home
- Bare interiors with no visible kitchen or completed bathroom
- Basement/garage space is unfinished and utilitarian
- Hillside land may be steep and require maintenance
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 66/100The cluster lies in the Monti Picentini foothills. The Picentino river basin is the local landscape, with mixed hills, wooded slopes and cultivated lower ground. The Monti Picentini Regional Park lies nearby and covers the mountain area inland from Montecorvino Rovella. The nearest town of size is Salerno, which has a port, rail station, motorway access and the main urban services for this part of the province. The area is known for olive groves, hazelnuts and inland Campanian hill farming between the Sele plain and the Picentini mountains.