Casa indipendente in Via Don Luigi Sturzo, 21, San Salvo,
Rif. 5156 Vendesi a San Salvo (CH) in Via Don Luigi Sturzo, in un zona tranquilla e ben servita della città, appartamento di mq 68, posto al primo piano, composto da quattro vani con servizi. Attualmente l'immobile è accatastato ad uso ufficio e dispone di un ingresso indipendente che garantisce privacy e tranquillità.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Although described as bright and in a serviced area 3 km from the sea, the text states the property is currently cadastralized as office use (uso ufficio), not as a dwelling. At €45,000 for 68 sqm plus about €200/sqm light habitable works, legality/use-change risk dominates and makes this unsuitable as a standard home purchase.
More on the house and the area
This is a functional, bright apartment/office unit rather than a dream Italian home. It appears habitable and usable with decent light, but the building, setting and interiors are very ordinary, with little character or wow factor. At €45k it has value, yet it feels more like a practical conversion project than a beautiful home people fantasize about living in.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€5,000 – €7,000
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.
- Currently registered as office use, so change-of-use may be needed for residential living
- Plain apartment-block setting with no meaningful view
- Interiors look serviceable but basic and somewhat dated
- Photos do not show a proper kitchen
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 51/100The Adriatic coast is within the local area, with the beach strip of San Salvo Marina and the mouth of the Trigno nearby. This is the southern Abruzzo littoral: flat coastal ground backed by low cultivated hills rather than a mountain setting. The nearest larger centre is Vasto, which has a substantial historic town on a bluff above the sea, a marina and everyday services. The area is known for seaside tourism, agriculture on the coastal plain and hill slopes, and the port-industrial zone around the lower coast.