Appartamento in Marcellinara

Marcellinara, Calabria
Bedrooms
2
Baths
0
m²
72
Price per m²
€505
Property type
Apartment
Rooms
3 locali

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Can you move in?

Move in as it is

In the listingHabitable
  • Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Why this price is what it is

Although the €36,375 asking price is close to the local €458/m² benchmark at about €505/m², this is explicitly a judicial auction rather than a standard sale. The listing provides only one photo and does not state the bathroom details, so legal and practical purchase risks require careful tribunal-document review.

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

This is a reasonably priced, habitable-looking apartment with balconies and a small entrance area, but the exterior is ordinary and dated. There is no visible view, garden, historic character, or interior evidence to create a strong dream-home appeal.

Updating, not renovation
€14,000 – €21,000

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€5,000 – €8,000

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.

Asking price + this range
€50,000 – €57,000
What worries us about this house
  • Only one exterior photo is provided, so the interior, bathroom, kitchen, and actual condition cannot be verified.
  • The property is being sold through an auction, which brings additional legal, procedural, and financing considerations.
  • The exterior appears functional but dated, with no distinctive architectural character or compelling view shown.

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 68/100

Tiriolo stands on the Isthmus of Catanzaro between the Tyrrhenian and Ionian sides of Calabria, with the Sila visible to the northeast on clear days. The Corace valley is nearby, and the lower hills around the town are a mix of olive groves, woodland and cultivated slopes rather than a single protected landscape. Catanzaro is the nearest city of size, with the province’s main services, shops and hospital. The area is known in Calabria for the narrowest part of the peninsula and for broad views across both coasts from the higher ground around the town.

The comune of Marcellinara
People living here
2,198
-3.2% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
22%
15% are under 14
Flood zone
5.0%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
Landslide zone
2.7%
of residents live in a high-risk landslide area
How far to everything
To the sea
16 km
Property address:San Francesco di Paola
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Asking price

€36,375
Deal score
10/100
Wow
46/100

Listed 22/10/2026