Casale a Prignano Cilento
Casale di 525mq in vendita a Prignano Cilento. L’immobile è situato tra Prignano e Ogliastro, sulla SS18. Il casale vanta una splendida vista panoramica sul mare, fino all’isola di Capri, ed è circondato da un terreno di 30.000 mq con diversi ulivi secolari in produzione e alberi di fico. La zona del Cilento è…
What it really costs
- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Asking price is very low at €186/m² versus a €433/m² baseline, but with no beds/baths and no stated condition this large 525 m² farmhouse should be underwritten as a renovation project at about €700/m², bringing effective cost to roughly €886/m². Sea view and ~5 km from the coast help, but 702 days on market is a major warning and caps the score.
More on the house and the area
The setting is genuinely lovely: wide valley-to-sea views, mature olive trees, and a rustic stone farmhouse with real rural character. But the building shown is essentially a shell/serious renovation project, with no evidence of habitable interiors or services. Dreamy land and panorama, yes; ready-to-live house, no.
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€104,000 – €184,000
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.
- This appears to be a major restoration project, not a currently livable home.
- No interior photos, bathrooms, kitchen, or finished rooms are shown.
- Vegetation is overgrown and access/usability of the land may need substantial clearing.
- Utilities and legal/planning status for rebuilding or conversion are not proven 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 78/100The cluster is in the Cilento hills, with the Tyrrhenian coast near Agropoli and Castellabate within about 15 km and the Alento river valley running through this part of inland Cilento. Much of the surrounding area falls within Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park. Agropoli is the nearest larger town in daily use, with rail services, larger shops and routine services; Vallo della Lucania is another service centre inland. Castellabate, on the nearby coast, is listed among I Borghi più belli d’Italia, and the wider Cilento area is known for olive groves, Mediterranean scrub and the historical association with the Mediterranean diet.