TRILOCALE Arredato
TRILOCALE Arredato. Habitable, caminetto, esposizione esterna, balcone, arredato.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €35,000 asking price is attractive at €407/m², but allowing about €17,200 for a habitable apartment brings the effective cost to roughly €607/m², above the local €467/m² benchmark. Furnished, with a fireplace, balcony and panoramic view, it is a plausible home but not a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, furnished and habitable 86 sqm home with two bathrooms, a working-looking kitchen, fireplace, bedrooms and heating visible throughout. The traditional dining room and fireplace add warmth, but the décor and bathrooms are dated, while the strongest advertised feature—a panoramic view—is not visible in the gallery.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but quite dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- The advertised panoramic view is not demonstrated in the photos.
- The exterior and entrance are functional but plain, with a somewhat narrow street setting.
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 55/100This is the plain of the Gulf of Sant’Eufemia, with the Tyrrhenian coast at Gizzeria Lido and Falerna Marina within about 15 km. The lower slopes of the Calabrian Apennines rise inland, but the immediate setting around the cluster is mainly flat urban and agricultural land around Lamezia Terme. The Amato river plain is part of the local landscape. Lamezia Terme is a city of over 50,000 residents with a commercial centre, station and the region’s main airport. The Norman-Swabian castle above Nicastro is within the municipality. The area is known for transport links, the plain’s agriculture including olive groves and citrus, and access between the Tyrrhenian and the Calabrian interior.