Casa a Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi (av)
Proponiamo in vendita con incarico in esclusiva casa con entrata indipendente a Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi composta al piano terra da soggiorno/pranzo/cucina in muratura a vista, camera e bagno con doccia – al piano primo (si accede con scala esterna) da due camere da letto e bagno con vasca. IMPIANTI PRESENTI:…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €40,000 for 122 sqm, the asking price is €328/sqm versus a low-stock baseline median of €420/sqm in Campania townhouses, so it is modestly discounted. The description indicates a basically habitable home with heating, utilities connected and 2 bathrooms, but likely with dated finishes and a septic tank/black well setup, so I assume about €200/sqm light modernization.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable home rather than a project: it has a fitted kitchen, two bathrooms, heating, and fully furnished rooms in decent condition. The setting is green and quiet with a balcony and some land, but the house itself is visually quite ordinary and needs cosmetic updating more than dreaming-over beauty.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Plain exterior with some visible wear and staining
- Interiors are livable but basic and dated rather than characterful
- External stair to reach the upper floor may be less convenient
- Sewage is via cesspit (pozzo nero), not mains sewer
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 61/100The area sits in the Irpinia Apennines, with ridged inland mountains and farmed valleys around the upper Ofanto basin. The Ofanto river rises nearby and shapes the wider valley system in this part of eastern Avellino province. The Monti Picentini Regional Park lies to the west, but the immediate landscape around Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi is mainly upland agricultural country and small mountain centres rather than a protected showpiece. Laceno, with the nearest ski lifts, is around 30–40 minutes by road. The nearest town of some size is Avellino, which provides the main range of services and transport for the province. The area is known for Irpinia mountain farming and for wines from the wider inland Avellino area, including Taurasi and Aglianico zones farther west and north-west.