Terratetto unifamiliare in San Pietro in Guarano
Terratetto unifamiliare in San Pietro in Guarano. Needs renovation, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Asking €15,000 (€109/m²) but estimated renovation ~€700/m² → effective cost ≈€110,900 (~€809/m²), substantially above the regional median €417/m². Large photo set (26) supports the listed condition, but the full renovation makes this a costly project rather than an obvious bargain.
More on the house and the area
Solid, intact town house with original period details — patterned floor tiles, wooden beam ceilings, a large kitchen fireplace and wrought-iron balustrades. Livable as-is with care, but it needs cosmetic and systems upgrades to become a comfortable long-term 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€27,000 – €48,000
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 and updating (kitchen/bathroom/wiring likely)
- Only one small bathroom
- No private garden or notable view shown
- Some damp/peeling at ground level on exterior facade
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 52/100The cluster sits in the lower Crati valley on the hills just north of Cosenza, with the Sila massif visible to the east and the coastal range of the Paolana side farther west. The Crati river runs through the broad valley floor nearby. The Sila National Park begins farther east, outside the immediate area. The nearest ski lifts are on the Sila plateau around Camigliatello Silano, roughly an hour’s drive, so they are not part of the immediate landscape. Cosenza and Rende form the nearest urban centre, with the historic core of Cosenza, services, shops, hospitals and the University of Calabria at Arcavacata. This part of the province is known for olive groves, mixed hill farming and as the inland approach between the Tyrrhenian side and the Sila.