Casa indipendente in Via Mefitinelle 9
In vendita a Frigento, in via Mefite, l' agenzia Forgione Immobiliare, propone una casa singola di 160 mq complessivi, disposta su due livelli. Al piano terra troviamo un ampio soggiorno doppio che offre uno spazio accogliente e luminoso, una cucina abitabile, tre camere da letto e un bagno. La proprietà, da ristrutturare, offre la possibilità di personalizzare gli ambienti secondo...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 (€219/m²), the house looks cheap upfront, but it needs renovation: estimated all-in cost is about €147,000, or €919/m², versus a local reference of €430/m². The listing does not say how extensive the works are or provide energy details, so the apparent discount is not enough to offset the renovation risk.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, furnished country house rather than an empty shell, with a working-looking kitchen, fireplace, intact floors, and a striking panoramic view across rolling farmland toward the mountains. The broad paved courtyard, mature trees, and outbuildings add genuine rural-living potential, although the façades, grounds, and ancillary structures need significant renovation and improvement.
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€32,000 – €56,000
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.
- The property is explicitly sold as needing renovation, though the photographed main living areas appear usable.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a 160 sqm house, and the exterior outbuildings/yards need substantial cleanup.
- No details are provided on utilities, heating, structural condition, or legal status of the additional structures.
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 56/100The area sits in the Irpinia hills, with open agricultural ridges and valleys rather than a single dominant landmark. The Ufita valley is the main local landform, and Lake Conza lies roughly within this radius to the east, with the Monti Picentini higher ground farther away but not at the doorstep. Ariano Irpino is the nearest larger hill town with everyday services, and Avellino is the main provincial city for wider shopping, rail connections and administration. This part of Irpinia is known for inland Campania farming, olive groves, cereals and wine production.