Terratetto unifamiliare in Mottafollone
Terratetto unifamiliare in Mottafollone. Needs renovation, cucina, balcone.
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 €50,000 for 250 m² but listed as “Needs renovation” — estimated €700/m² renovation (€175k) gives an effective price of €225k (≈€900/m²), about double the regional baseline of €417/m². The listing has 8 photos but gives no building year or energy class, so the high renovation burden makes this a weak value.
More on the house and the area
Lovely hill-top townhouse with original patterned tile floors, old windows and a small balcony looking over olive groves and distant mountains — very photogenic. The building appears structurally intact and liveable after renovation, but it will need updating of services and interiors to be a comfortable modern home.
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€50,000 – €88,000
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 work plus likely electrical/plumbing updates
- Single bathroom; kitchen/bath may need full refit
- Narrow historic streets with limited vehicle access/parking
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 50/100The cluster sits in inland hill country of northern Cosenza province on mixed agricultural land made up of olive groves, small arable fields and patches of woodland. The local terrain is low hills and small stream valleys rather than high mountain relief. The nearest city of size in the province is Cosenza, the provincial capital, which offers a university, a regional hospital and mainline rail connections. Settlement pattern in the immediate area is small villages and dispersed farmsteads and the local economy is largely agricultural with some livestock and family farms.