Rustico in Sacco
Nel cuore del Cilento vendesi casale da ristrutturare (passato da uso rurale a urbano) da fare ex novo impianti elettrici idraulico, bagno e allaccio alla fognatura. Composto da 2 piani, con ampio terrazzo e terreno di circa 4000 mq con 50 alberi di ulivo molti dei quali secolari e da frutto, pozzo e ruscello per…
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 €28,000 for 80 sqm, the ask is €350/sqm, but with a needs-renovation estimate of about €700/sqm the effective cost is roughly €1,050/sqm, well above the €433/sqm baseline for this stock. Positives are 4,000 sqm of land, terrace, views, and approved expansion plans near the historic center, but it has been on the market for 1,476 days, which is a major caution signal.
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The setting is the main appeal here: mountain scenery, a rural Cilento atmosphere, and a large olive-filled plot give it real dream value. But the house itself looks like a basic rustic structure that needs a full renovation, with no usable interior shown, so this is more an evocative project than a home you could soon live in.
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€16,000 – €28,000
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.
- Full renovation needed, including all electrical and plumbing systems
- No bathroom shown and sewer connection still to be completed
- Interior livability is unproven from the photos
- Some gallery images appear to show the area/town rather than the house itself
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 and Vallo di Diano area of the Apennines, with wooded mountain terrain and deep inland valleys around Piaggine. The Calore Lucano river runs through this part of the territory. It lies inside Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park. The nearest sizeable town is Vallo della Lucania, which provides the main everyday services for this inland part of Cilento. This area is known for mountain villages, forests and the inland side of the Cilento region rather than for the coast.