Villa unifamiliare in San Mauro la Bruca
Vendesi in San Mauro La Bruca (SA) nel cuore del parco Nazionale del Cilento, villa allo stato grezzo da ultimare, con circa 1000 mq di terreno con piante di ulivo. Vendo a euro 86.000.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingRenovated- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The facts say 'Renovated', but the description clearly says 'villa allo stato grezzo da ultimare' (unfinished shell), so this is not immediately livable and the data is contradictory. Using ~€700/m² to finish, the effective cost is about €1,141/m² (€86k + ~€136.5k), far above the €392/m² baseline; it is also extremely stale at 1601 days on market and only gets a small location boost from being 5 km from the sea in Cilento.
More on the house and the area
The olive grove setting and distant sea-and-hill view give it some real dream value, especially for the price and size. But this is clearly a villa allo stato grezzo: roofed and substantial, yet still a raw concrete-and-block shell rather than a usable home. It feels more like a promising project with land than a beautiful house you could live in soon.
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€39,000 – €69,000
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.
- Sold unfinished: raw interior shell to complete
- No fitted kitchen/bathrooms shown; not move-in ready
- Exterior is basic and not yet finished
- Sea view is partial and crossed by power lines
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 74/100The cluster sits in the hills of the Cilento, with wooded ridges and narrow inland valleys within a short radius. The Mingardo river valley is nearby, and the Tyrrhenian coast around Palinuro and Marina di Camerota is about 10–15 km away by road. Much of the surrounding area falls within Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park. The nearest substantial town is Vallo della Lucania, which provides the main services for this part of inland Cilento. Palinuro is known for its headland and sea caves, and the wider Cilento area for olive groves and traditional hill villages.