Palazzina con due appartamenti e due garage
Palazzina con due appartamenti e due garage. Habitable, garage, esposizione esterna, balcone.
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
Listed at €69,000 for 450 m² and described as habitable; estimated renovation €200/m² gives an effective price ≈ €159,000 (≈€353/m²), which is above the regional median €302/m². The building (two apartments and two garages, 27 photos) is sound, but the higher effective €/m² keeps this in the fair-value range; the listing does not state room count.
More on the house and the area
Large, bright apartments with a usable layout, balcony, fireplace and two garages — essentially habitable and a clear value at €69k. The building and setting are ordinary rather than scenic, so this is a pragmatic bargain rather than a picture-postcard dream.
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€30,000 – €50,000
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.
- Plain, unremarkable exterior and close neighbouring buildings
- No notable views — windows look onto nearby houses
- Multi-unit building: check communal/roof/façade condition and services before buying
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 61/100The area sits on the lower slopes between the Coastal Range of northern Calabria and the Crati valley, with wooded hills and cultivated terraces around the villages. The Esaro valley is nearby, and the Tyrrhenian coast around the Gulf of Policastro is within the local area to the west. Pollino National Park begins farther inland to the north-east, but not within the immediate 15 km landscape. The nearest larger centre is Cosenza, which provides the main rail links, hospital, university and full city services. This part of northern Calabria is known for hill villages, olive groves and citrus on the lower ground.