Comodo appartamento con ingresso indipendente
Comodo appartamento con ingresso indipendente. caminetto, esposizione esterna, balcone, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Estimated effective cost ≈€63k (≈€485/m2) after an assumed €200/m2 for works, which is about 16% above the regional median of €417/m2; the raw asking €285/m2 is attractive. Listing appears habitable (independent entrance, balcony, fireplace), 11 photos and only 5 km from the sea, but the effective post-renovation price erodes the initial bargain.
More on the house and the area
A very charming hilltop townhouse in an attractive cobbled square with high ceilings, original shutters and a long balcony with rooftop and distant sea views. The building is roofed and clearly usable but tired — solid layout that needs a full cosmetic refresh and kitchen/bathroom upgrades to become a comfortable dream 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€9,000 – €14,000
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.
- Cosmetic renovation needed throughout (peeling paint, worn floors, dated finishes).
- Only one basic bathroom and a very simple kitchen — modernisation required.
- Located on steep, pedestrian historic streets (limited direct parking/access).
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 55/100The cluster lies in the Ionian coastal plain around the mouth of the Crati, with the Sila foothills inland and the lower slopes of the massif visible farther west. The Ionian Sea coast is close, with long sandy beaches and low flat shoreline around Schiavonea and the Corigliano-Rossano seafront. The Sila National Park begins inland beyond the plain, outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Corigliano-Rossano is a large town and has extensive modern built-up areas, services, shopping and rail connections; the urban cap applies here because the cluster is inside a city above 50,000 residents. The area is known for citrus groves and olive cultivation on the plain and lower hills, and for the historic centres of Corigliano and Rossano, including the ducal castle at Corigliano and the Codex Purpureus of Rossano, which is on UNESCO's Memory of the World register.