Mini appartamento
MINI APPARTAMENTO. Needs renovation.
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
Very low asking price €13,500 but needs heavy renovation (~€700/m²) → effective cost ≈ €48,500 or ≈ €970/m², well above the regional median ≈ €417/m². Listing gives only 2 photos and a one-line description and omits energy class and build year.
More on the house and the area
Simple two‑storey town flat with a plain façade and exterior stairs; solid and roofed but clearly in need of renovation. Excellent low price for 50 m², but no views, garden or obvious historic charm — a budget project for someone who wants to renovate and live in town.
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€10,000 – €18,000
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 — cosmetic and likely systems work required
- No private outdoor space or garden; sits on a busy street with cars parked outside
- Photos show only the exterior — interior condition not visible
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 62/100The cluster sits in the plain and low hills between the Ionian coastal strip and the foothills of the Pollino massif. The Sibari plain is the immediate landscape, with cultivated flat land and scattered settlements, and the Ionian coast is nearby. The Pollino range rises inland within this radius, and the southern edge of Pollino National Park is close to Cassano all'Ionio. The nearest substantial town is Castrovillari, which has the main services for this inland part of northern Calabria. Sibari is nearby and the area is known for the archaeological remains of ancient Sybaris and for citrus and olive cultivation on the plain.