Bilocale in Via San Francesco di Paola
Catanzaro via san francesco di paola proponiamo in vendita appartamento di mq 35 con entrata autonoma composta da entrata soggiorno con angolo cottura, camera da letto, bagno, balconcino, ottimo per investimento euro 20.000, 00. Per una visita contattare l'agenzia immobiliare dimensione casa:.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €556/m², the €20,000 asking price is about 24% above the local €450/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified condition gives an effective cost near €756/m². The independent-entry two-room layout and balcony are useful, but the listing does not say whether the apartment is habitable or needs work.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable small apartment rather than a bare shell, with finished floors, multiple rooms, a bathroom, and a small balcony. However, it has little visual character or proven view, and the dated finishes and bathroom condition make it more of a low-cost investment or renovation starter than a dream Italian home.
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€2,000 – €4,000
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.
- Plain, dated interiors with textured walls and visible wear.
- The bathroom is functional-looking but cluttered and may need updating.
- The kitchen appears to be only a basic corner or connection area rather than a finished fitted kitchen.
- Only 36 sqm, with no notable view or exterior setting 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.