Villa Via delle Due Fonti, Domanico Potame
Villa Via delle Due Fonti, Domanico Potame. Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, caminetto, mansarda, impianto di allarme, esposizione esterna, terrazzo, arredato.
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 €100,000 but estimated renovation €700/m² (158 m² → ~€110,600) yields an effective cost of ~€210,600 or ~€1,333/m² versus regional median €270/m²; good photos and features (garage, fireplace) but the ad saying 'arredato' contradicts 'needs renovation'.
More on the house and the area
A solid, intact villa with a long covered terrace, private paved yard/entrance and a large living room with fireplace — clearly habitable but very dated. Great for someone wanting a roomy, affordable family home in the countryside after renovation and modernisation.
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€31,000 – €55,000
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.
- Dated interiors (flooring and full wood panelling) — needs cosmetic/modernisation work
- Only one bathroom shown
- Exterior lower walls show damp/staining that should be checked
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 cluster sits in the lower Coastal Range inland of Cosenza, with wooded hills and small valleys rather than a plain. The Crati valley and the city of Cosenza are the nearest larger urban reference, with full services, rail links and hospitals. The Tyrrhenian coast around Amantea is nearby for daily use, but it is outside the immediate inland landscape here. The area is part of the ordinary hill country between the coast and the interior of northern Calabria, known locally for chestnut and mixed woodland and for small historic hill villages.