Via Bernardino Telesio, 12, Catanzaro
Tribunale: Catanzaro RGE: 10/2025 PVP: 4647554 Piena proprietà di appartamento posto al piano primo, della scala “A” del Condominio “TELESIO 12”. Si compone di ingresso, studio, soggiorno, salone, cucina e due vani letto, oltre accessori, con annesso e pertinente locale ad uso cantina posto al piano primo sottostrada,…
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction listing, so it is excluded despite the €50,625 asking price (€384/m²) being below the local €471/m² benchmark. The description says the images are only indicative and not of the actual property, while the stated areas differ (132 m² versus 144 m²).
More on the house and the area
The illustrative images suggest a spacious, polished apartment with good light and a city-and-hills outlook, but they cannot be used to judge this actual home. At roughly €384/m² it looks inexpensive for 132 m², yet the auction format and lack of verified photos make the real condition and livability uncertain.
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 – €15,000
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.
- The listing explicitly says the images are illustrative and not photos of the actual property.
- Auction purchase involves legal, financing, and possession risks that are not clarified.
- The listing reports zero bathrooms despite describing a habitable 132 m² apartment; verify the floor plan and facilities.
- Urban apartment setting with no visible garden, historic character, or distinctive Italian views.
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 is in the built-up area of Catanzaro, so the lived setting is an urban ridge and valley landscape rather than open countryside. The city stands between the valleys of the Fiumarella and the Corace, with the Gulf of Squillace on the Ionian side about 10 km away. The Sila plateau rises inland to the north, but it is outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Catanzaro is the provincial capital and has the full services of a medium-sized city, including hospitals, schools, university facilities and major road links. The area is known in practical terms for its administrative role and for the narrow isthmus of Calabria between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian sides.