Rustico/casale in Via Maresciallo Manfredi 101
Vendo causa inutilizzo da ristrutturare da zero
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the asking price is only €20,000 (€200/m²), rebuilding from zero at an estimated €1,100/m² brings the effective cost to about €130,000 (€1,300/m²). That is far above the local €240/m² benchmark, and the listing provides only one photo with no further condition details.
More on the house and the area
This is a very inexpensive 100 m² house near the Calabrian coast, but the exterior is plain and heavily weathered rather than characterful or beautiful. The seller explicitly says it needs renovation from zero, making it a substantial project rather than a realistically livable dream home today.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€40,000 – €59,000
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.
- Advertised as requiring complete renovation, so it is not currently move-in ready.
- The single street-view image shows a weathered facade and does not prove interior condition, views, utilities, or structural soundness.
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 57/100The cluster sits on the Tyrrhenian side of the Catanzaro province in the lower foothills of the southern Apennines, with short drives down to the Gulf of Sant'Eufemia coast. The Savuto river valley is nearby to the north, and this stretch inland from the gulf is a mix of wooded slopes, olive groves and small hill settlements rather than a single named landscape of national profile. The nearest larger centre is Lamezia Terme, which has the main rail junction, motorway access and the airport for this side of Calabria. This part of Calabria is known for hill villages above the Tyrrhenian and for olive oil and mixed small-scale agriculture.