Vendesi Casa indipendente a San Mauro Forte
La proprietà è così suddivisa: Piano terra (PT): Garage di 156 mq (altezza 3.80 m), magazzino di 34 mq e ingresso per i piani superiori con scala a 4 rampe che porta al secondo piano. Primo piano (P1): Due appartamenti speculari, per un totale di 190 mq, con ingresso comune. Entrambi gli appartamenti sono dotati di…
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
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At €85,000 for 560 sqm, the ask is only €152/sqm, but with a realistic renovation budget of about €700/sqm the effective cost is ~€852/sqm, well above the low Basilicata townhouse baseline of €410/sqm. The huge surface, garage/magazzino mix and one partly habitable apartment support some value, but the listing has been on the market for 505 days, which is a clear negative and caps the score.
More on the house and the area
This is a very large, very cheap practical building rather than a romantic Italian dream house. The photos show a structurally solid property with garage, terrace and some usable space, but key areas are unfinished and overall charm is limited. It could become functional with major work, yet its wow comes more from size-for-price than beauty.
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€111,000 – €197,000
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.
- Upper floor is clearly unfinished/al grezzo and needs major fit-out.
- Most of the property appears dated or utilitarian rather than ready to live in.
- No proven scenic views or special village setting in the photos.
- Large mixed-use layout may suit storage/commercial use more than an immediate dream home.
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 55/100The area is inland hill country in the central part of Basilicata, with cultivated slopes, clay and badland terrain in parts of the Materano interior, and scattered wooded sections toward the Basento and Cavone uplands. The nearest named mountain landscape is the Lucanian Apennine farther west, but around San Mauro Forte itself the immediate setting is mainly rural hills rather than a high mountain basin. Matera is the nearest city of size, with full services and the Sassi UNESCO site, but it lies well beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. This part of Basilicata is known for cereals, olive groves and small hill towns.