Casa indipendente in Via Difesa
Casa Indipendente a Centola - Frazione Foria Scopri questa affascinante villetta indipendente su due livelli situata nel cuore della frazione Foria a Centola (SA). Un'opportunità straordinaria per chi ricerca tranquillità e riservatezza lontano dal caos cittadino, mantenendo comunque una posizione strategica e…
What it really costs
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With baseline data weak (Campania country houses: €450/m² from only 19 comps), this must be judged on plausibility: at €75,000 for 65 m², the asking price is €1,154/m². Assuming roughly €400/m² for likely partial updating on a small two-level house with no clear condition stated, the effective cost is about €1,554/m², which looks ordinary-to-expensive for this cheap-stock segment despite the independent house, garden, and parking.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable little house rather than a project: it has a fitted kitchen, finished floors, bathroom, bedrooms and private outdoor space. The setting is მშვიდ and green, with a hint of distant hills, but the house itself is quite plain and the interiors feel modest rather than dreamy. At €75k it has practical appeal more than true wow appeal.
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.
Our read of the photos, €400/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €13,000
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.
- Pretty basic interior with little character
- Patio/garden is functional rather than scenic
- Upper floor has sloped attic-style rooms and a small dark bathroom
- Road/access setting feels simple and not especially picturesque
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 86/100The cluster is in the Cilento, with low limestone hills and ridges close to the Tyrrhenian coast. The coast around Palinuro and Marina di Camerota is within about 15 km, with headlands, small coves and the mouths of short streams. This stretch falls in the Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park. Palinuro is the nearest centre of size in daily use, with a harbour, beaches and tourist services; Marina di Camerota is another nearby coastal centre. The area is known for the Cape Palinuro headland and sea caves, and more broadly for the Cilento coast.