Bilocale in Via del Risorgimento
Catanzaro quartiere Santa Maria via Risorgimento, proponiamo un appartamento al piano terra composto da: Ingresso, cucinino, soggiorno, camera da letto, bagno, veranda e giardino privato. L’immobile necessita di lavori di manutenzione, ed e’un ottimo investimento per chi vuole fittare a studenti.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €636/m² before works, this is already above the local €450/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €27,500 for the stated maintenance brings the effective cost to about €1,136/m². The private garden, veranda and location about 5 km from the sea add appeal, but the listing does not specify the scope of renovation or building details.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, compact ground-floor home with a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and a private outdoor courtyard, so it is not a bare project. However, the interiors are cluttered and tired, with damp marks, worn walls, and an outdated kitchen; it feels more like a low-cost investment or renovation opportunity than a dream Italian home.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€6,000 – €11,000
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.
- Needs meaningful maintenance and cosmetic renovation, with visible damp/staining and worn finishes.
- Kitchen is dated and visibly dirty; the property would need clearing and refurbishment before feeling welcoming.
- The courtyard/veranda is enclosed and functional but offers little visual appeal; no attractive view is 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 47/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Catanzaro, on ridges and valleys that descend toward the Ionian side of Calabria, with the Gulf of Squillace on the coast nearby. The Sila range lies to the north, but outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Catanzaro is the nearest town of size and has the full services of a provincial capital, including a historic centre on the hill and newer districts spreading across the surrounding slopes. This part of Calabria is known for hill-to-coast terrain and olive-growing, but within the immediate radius it is mainly an urban and peri-urban setting rather than a distinct named landscape.