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Unità immobiliare sita in Vico Alpestre n. 18, San Felice a Cancello (CE), costituita da un edificio principale sviluppato su tre livelli e da un edificio pertinenziale. Il piano seminterrato è composto da locale di sgombero; il piano terra è composto da soggiorno-cucina-pranzo, camera e bagno; il piano primo,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is explicitly a judicial auction ('vendita giudiziaria', 'aste giudiziarie'), which is a veto red flag for this catalog. Although the ask is €25,050 (€278/m²) and the text suggests a partly habitable main unit, auction status overrides pricing and makes it a trap.
More on the house and the area
There is some appeal in the hillside village setting, mountain backdrop and small adjoining land, and the price is undeniably cheap for 90 sqm. But the house shown is not a romantic ready-to-live farmhouse: facades are crumbling, damp and patched, and the upper parts look semi-derelict rather than comfortable living space. This feels more like a worn, compromised property with potential than a beautiful livable dream home today.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- Visible structural decay and heavy exterior deterioration
- Upper level/annex appear partly non-habitable and makeshift
- Only one bathroom listed despite severe wear; real usability may be limited
- Judicial auction sale adds practical/legal complexity
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 49/100The cluster lies in the inland plain between the Monti Tifatini and the first ridges of the Partenio/Caudini area, in a mixed landscape of cultivated lowland and foothill settlements. The Isclero valley runs through this part of inland Caserta and links toward the Caudina corridor. Caserta is the nearest larger city, with the Reggia di Caserta and full urban services. Naples is part of wider daily-life gravity from this side of Campania, but it is outside the immediate landscape.