Terratetto unifamiliare in Mercato San Severino
OCCASIONE UNICA A MERCATO SAN SEVERINO, SEMINDIPENDENTE DA RISTRUTTURARE Se sogni una casa da reinventare secondo il tuo stile, questa è l’opportunità che stavi aspettando. In zona tranquilla di Mercato San Severino, proponiamo in vendita soluzione semindipendente di circa 120 mq Composizione attuale: Ampio salone…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €95,000 for 120 sqm, the asking price is €792/sqm, but the description clearly points to heavy works or rebuild potential, so I estimate about €1,100/sqm renovation, bringing effective cost near €1,892/sqm versus a €420/sqm baseline. Listed for 191 days, so it gets the mandatory stale-listing flag and the score stays low.
More on the house and the area
This is a plain village townhouse with usable volume, a garage and a simple fireplace, but very little visual romance or setting wow. The structure appears roofed and enclosed, yet the interiors show extensive damp, staining and outdated finishes, so it feels like a serious renovation project rather than a home you would want to move into soon.
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€48,000 – €70,000
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.
- Clear signs of heavy damp and water damage on walls and ceilings
- Needs substantial renovation before comfortable everyday living
- Exterior is tired and not especially photogenic
- No proven view, terrace or outdoor living space in the photos
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 58/100The cluster is in the Montoro valley between the Picentini mountains and the first ridges toward the Sarno plain. The Monti Picentini Regional Park lies within about 15 km to the east, with wooded mountain terrain around Serino and Solofra. The Sabato and Sarno catchments shape this area, with irrigated valley floor and settled slopes rather than a single dominant river landscape. The nearest town of size is Avellino, which has the province’s main services, shops and rail/bus links. Salerno is the other daily reference city on the plain side of the valley. The area is known above all for onions from Montoro and for mixed agricultural land in a corridor between the Irno and Sabato sides of inland Campania.