Appartamento in Girifalco
Affare! Privato vende ampio appartamento, 120 mq, composto da tre stanze da letto, un ampio salone con doppio affaccio e una cucina abitabile. Bagno finestrato. Completano l'appartamento due ampi balconi. L'appartamento per quanto al primo piano è molto luminoso, si trova nella via principale del paese, fornita di numerosi negozi e un grande supermercato
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €50,000 plus an estimated €84,000 renovation, the effective cost is about €1,117/m²—well above the local reference of €458/m². The apartment has a good central position and 120 m², but it needs renovation and the listing provides no photos or detailed scope of works.
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€24,000 – €42,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
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 58/100The area sits in the inland hills between the Ionian side of the Catanzaro province and the Serre Calabresi. The Corace valley lies nearby, with mixed agricultural land, olive groves and wooded slopes typical of this part of central Calabria. Toward the west and south-west, the Serre uplands are the main mountain landscape within reach, with broader forests and higher relief becoming clearer around places such as Serra San Bruno. Catanzaro is the nearest city of size, with full services, hospitals, secondary schools and rail connections in its wider urban area. This part of Calabria is known for hill villages, olive oil and the transition from inland uplands to the two coasts of the Isthmus of Catanzaro.