Casa indipendente su Due Piani in vendita nel Cuore di Donnici Inferiore Cosenza
Casa indipendente su Due Piani in vendita nel Cuore di Donnici Inferiore Cosenza. Habitable.
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
194 m² independent house at €40,000; estimated €200/m² renovation → effective €78,800 (≈€406/m²), slightly below the regional baseline of €417/m². Listed as habitable with 17 photos and a panoramic view, no obvious legal or condition issues.
More on the house and the area
A solid, liveable village townhouse with high ceilings, original shutters and classic terrazzo floors and a lovely valley/mountain view from the upper bedrooms. Not a show-home — the interior is plain and would benefit from kitchen/bath modernisation and attic conversion — but it’s immediately habitable and a very attractive budget buy for someone who wants to live in an Italian borgo.
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€13,000 – €21,000
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.
- Narrow cobbled streets and limited on-street parking — car access is tight.
- Only one small bathroom and a basic kitchen; a modernisation would improve livability.
- Attic/soffitta has low headroom and will need work to become fully usable.
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 58/100The cluster is in the Catena Costiera hills west of Cosenza, in the inland belt between the Crati valley and the Tyrrhenian side of Calabria. The Savuto valley is nearby. Cosenza is the nearest city of size, with a full range of shops, services and rail links. This part of Calabria is known for wooded hills, mixed farmland and small historic hill settlements.