Casale in Rutino
In vendita a Rutino (SA), bivio via Stazione snc, in zona extraurbana tranquilla e panoramica, ampio immobile di 6,5 vani per un totale di 117 mq coperti, contiguo ad altri due immobili ed in posizione centrale rispetto ad essi, da ristrutturare completamente. La proprietà è ideale per chi desidera realizzare una casa…
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
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €53,000 for 117 sqm, the ask is €453/sqm, but with a full renovation estimate of about €900/sqm the effective cost is roughly €1,353/sqm, far above the Campania farmhouse baseline of €433/sqm. The listing is very stale at 450 days, and the description includes garage/cantina plus chicken-coop/storage outbuildings and agricultural land, so part of the value may be in non-residential spaces rather than straightforward living area.
More on the house and the area
This has a genuinely green, peaceful hillside setting with olive land and some pleasant valley views, plus a simple courtyard approach that feels usable rather than romantic-ruin territory. The main house appears roofed, floored and basically intact, but the interiors are plain and dated and the listing itself says it needs complete renovation. At €53k for 117 sqm plus olive grove, the value helps, but this is more of a solid countryside project than an instant dream 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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€23,000 – €41,000
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.
- Complete renovation needed to make the house comfortable and modern.
- Outbuildings/storage areas are rough and partly semi-derelict.
- Some exterior cracking/aging is visible and should be structurally checked.
- Part of additional rear land has enfiteusi/legal-title complexity.
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 71/100The cluster is in the Cilento hills, with the lower slopes of Monte Stella and other ridges of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano area within this radius. The Alento river valley is the main local landform. Much of the surrounding territory falls within the Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park. Agropoli is the nearest larger town for daily services and rail connections, and Vallo della Lucania is another local service centre inland. The area is known for olive groves and for the inland hill country behind the Cilento coast.