Appartamento in Via Greco
In posizione centrale a Sersale, nelle immediate vicinanze di Piazza San Pasquale e dei principali servizi della zona quali scuole e supermercati, proponiamo in vendita 2 appartamenti contigui di 140 mq complessivi oltre a pertinenza garage. La proprietà, inserita all'interno di una palazzina, si compone di due unità…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €68,000 (€486/m²), the asking price is close to the local €462/m² level, with useful extras including a 25 m² garage, central location and sea views. However, renovation at roughly €700/m² would bring the effective cost to about €166,000, well above the local benchmark; the listing does not quantify the renovation scope or provide energy information.
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€28,000 – €49,000
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.
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 68/100The cluster is in the eastern Calabrian hill country between the Sila foothills and the Ionian side. The Sila plateau rises inland to the west and northwest, but the main immediate feature here is the valley system cut by the Alli and Crocchio rivers. The Valli Cupe area lies by Sersale, with narrow gorges, waterfalls and wooded ravines protected as a regional reserve. The Ionian coast is nearby, with the nearest larger urban centre at Catanzaro, which has the province’s main services and rail links on the coast and the regional capital uphill. This part of Calabria is known for chestnut and olive landscapes in the inland hills and for the canyon scenery around Sersale.