Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 44, San Bartolomeo In Galdo
Tribunale: Benevento RGE: 27/2016 PVP: 4622343 Villino sviluppantesi su tre livelli, composto da ingresso con annesso portico esterno, cucina rustica, ripostiglio, bagno, sottoscala, garage e stanza multiuso al piano terra, da soggiorno, cucina, due stanze da letto e due bagni al piano primo e da una stanza da letto e…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a court auction (Tribunale/Benevento RGE) and the property is occupied with no energy certificate and only indicative photos — auction status makes it unsuitable for a normal purchase. At €26,010 for 276 m² and an estimated €700/m² renovation (~€193k), the effective cost would be roughly €219k, so this is not a turnkey buy.
More on the house and the area
Photos show bright, stylish interiors and a classic, characterful urban façade, so the place reads as attractive and spacious. However the listing notes the villa needs renovation, is occupied and has cadastral difformities, and the ad warns images are indicative — significant legal/condition work will likely be needed before it becomes a true move-in 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€55,000 – €97,000
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 renovation (listing states)
- Property is occupied
- Cadastral difformities / possible legal issues
- Images in the ad are indicative and may not be the actual photos of this property
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 Fortore hills, with rolling inland terrain on the Campania side of the Apennines. The Fortore river basin is the main landscape feature in this part of the province. Baselice is part of the Comunità Montana del Fortore, a sparsely settled upland zone of fields, woods and hill villages. The nearest town of some size is San Bartolomeo in Galdo, which provides everyday services for the upper Fortore area. This part of inland Benevento is known for cereal farming, olive groves and livestock country rather than for a single landmark site.