Proprietà rustica in Unnamed Road, Pollica
Porzione di rudere su due livelli di circa 60 mq con terreno circostante di circa 15.000 mq con piante di ulivo e fico.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description says 'porzione di rudere', i.e. a ruin/partial ruin, which is a veto-level risk for a buyer seeking a livable home. At €55,000 for 60 sqm, the effective cost is about €2,017/sqm including a heavy restore estimate (~€1,100/sqm), far above the weak €433/sqm baseline even before verifying habitability; being 3 km from the sea helps, but not enough.
More on the house and the area
The hillside olive-grove setting near Pollica is romantic, with a rustic stone presence and a lot of land. But the listing is a portion of a ruin, and the photos only show exterior, rough access, and neglected outdoor areas rather than a usable house. This feels like a beautiful project site more than a home you could soon live in.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €35,000
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.
- It is explicitly a rudere/ruin, so this is not currently a livable home.
- No bathroom is shown and the structure appears to need full renovation.
- Access looks via rough hillside track rather than easy standard driveway.
- Overgrown exterior areas and retaining walls suggest ongoing land maintenance costs.
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 82/100The cluster is in the Cilento, with inland hills dropping toward the Tyrrhenian and the coast of Acciaroli and Pioppi within the commune. The Tyrrhenian coast is the main landscape feature here, with rocky sections and small beaches along this stretch. It lies inside Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park. The nearest town of size in daily use is Agropoli to the north; the larger urban reference is Vallo della Lucania inland, with hospitals, schools and services. Acciaroli is known as a fishing village and seaside resort, and Pioppi for the Museo Vivo del Mare and for its link to studies of the Mediterranean diet. The wider area is known for olive groves, Mediterranean scrub and Cilento food traditions.