CANNICCHIO - Rudere da ristrutturare
Nelle immediate vicinanze di Cannicchio, frazione collinare del comune di Pollica, proponiamo in vendita un rudere indipendente, attualmente adibito a deposito, situato in posizione tranquilla e immersa nella natura, a circa 4 km dal mare di Acciaroli. Il fabbricato si sviluppa su un unico livello e necessita di…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description calls it a 'rudere' currently used as 'deposito', so it is not presented as a lawful dwelling and would require full restoration; at €45,000 for 30 sqm, effective cost is about €2,600/sqm including ~€1,100/sqm renovation, far above the €433/sqm baseline. It also has been on the market for 354 days, which is a strong negative despite the attractive Cilento location near the sea.
More on the house and the area
The setting does the heavy lifting here: a quiet hillside plot with trees, lots of land and glimpses of the sea gives it real dream potential. But the building itself is essentially a tiny raw outbuilding, cluttered inside and not currently a usable home, so this is a project rather than a place you could realistically move into.
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€12,000 – €18,000
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.
- Declared as a rudere/deposit and needs complete renovation
- No bathroom or fitted living spaces visible
- Very small building at only 30 sqm
- Likely technical/planning checks needed for recovery and any habitable conversion
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.