Palazzo - Edificio in Rogliano
Palazzo - Edificio in Rogliano. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage, accesso per disabili, balcone, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Effective cost ≈ €783/m² (€70k price + €24k estimated renovation for 120 m²) vs Calabria baseline €302/m² — about 2.6× the local median, so overpriced despite being habitable with garage, heating and disabled access. The listing does not state energy class or building year.
More on the house and the area
Habitable apartment in a nondescript modern palazzo with balconies, garage/parking and disabled access — practical and affordable but not picturesque. Photos only show plans and the plain exterior, so this reads as a solid budget buy rather than a dream Italian home.
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€8,000 – €13,000
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.
- No interior photos to judge finish or character
- Plain modern block exterior — no historic features or scenic views shown
- Building age and energy performance not provided
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 57/100The cluster is in the Savuto valley on the inland side of the Catena Costiera, with wooded hills and lower mountain slopes within the local landscape. The Savuto river valley is the main named feature in this part of the province. The Sila plateau lies farther east beyond the immediate 15 km radius and is part of wider regional access rather than the resident landscape here. Cosenza is the nearest city of size, with full services, rail connections and hospitals. This area is known for inland Calabrian hill country, chestnut and mixed woodland, and small historic centres along the old route between Cosenza and the Tyrrhenian side.