casa con terreno
Gesualdo (AV) nella tranquilla località della contrada San Simeone, proponiamo in vendit casa ddi mq. 170,00 disposta su due livelli con un deposito di mq. 50,00 ca. oltre a mq. 1.500,00 ca. di giardno adicente l'immobile. l'unità abitativa si presenta con tre vani al piano terra con tre ingressi indipendenti che…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Heating
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Asking €27,000 for 172 m² but needs full renovation (estimated €700/m² → approx. €120,400), giving an effective cost of ~€857/m² which is well above the regional median of ~€408/m² (that median is based on only 8 comps). The property has a 1,500 m² garden and 50 m² deposito and good photo coverage, but total renovation cost makes this a weak value as a renovation project.
More on the house and the area
Solid two‑storey country house with about 1,500 m² of garden/olive trees and pleasant rolling-hill views — a genuinely attractive rural setting. Interiors are intact (floors, stairs, shutters, an old kitchen) but the property needs renovation and modernisation before being a comfortable full-time home.
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€34,000 – €60,000
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.
- Needs general renovation and updating of systems (kitchen, electrics, plumbing)
- Only one bathroom for the size of the house
- Exterior plaster peeling — likely cosmetic and minor repairs required
- 1960s building with limited historic character
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 67/100The cluster is in the Irpinia hills, with the southern Apennines around it. The Ufita valley is the main local landform, with mixed farmland, wooded slopes and hilltop settlements. Gesualdo has a large castle and a substantial historic core on the ridge. Ariano Irpino is the nearest larger town, with hospitals, secondary schools and broader shopping and services. The area is known for inland Campania agriculture, especially vineyards, olive groves and hazelnuts.