Casa indipendente in Via Sant'Anna 195
VIDEO DISPONIBILE Nel centro di Melito di Porto Salvo, in Via Sant'Anna, sorge una suggestiva dimora di circa 70 mq disposta su due livelli. La posizione è imbattibile per centralità e comodità: a pochi passi dal celebre Bar Crystal, dal Municipio, dalla Chiesa e dalla Farmacia, ed a circa 600 metri dalle…
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At €277/m², the asking price is only slightly below the local €287/m² benchmark, while the 1900s construction and energy class G suggest meaningful renovation risk. The listing does not state the property's condition, but its central location and proximity to the sea add appeal.
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An exceptionally cheap, authentic two-level village house only about 600 meters from the Ionian Sea, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a balcony, and a functioning kitchen. It is a real, livable home rather than a shell, but the interiors are modest and dated, while the surrounding streetscape is more atmospheric than beautiful.
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€13,000 – €23,000
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.
- Interiors are fully usable but dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- Dense town-center setting with no meaningful sea view and very limited outdoor space.
- Energy class G; verify utilities, systems, and legal compliance before purchase.
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 71/100The area is on the Ionian coast at the south end of Calabria, with the sea immediately beside the settlement and the lower slopes of the Aspromonte massif rising a short distance inland. The Amendolea valley and other short fiumare cut down from Aspromonte to the coast in this stretch. Part of the Aspromonte National Park lies inland within this radius. The nearest town of size is Reggio Calabria, which has the ferry port for Sicily, a seafront, museums and main rail connections. This coast is known for bergamot cultivation in the Reggio Calabria area and for Greek-Calabrian villages in the Aspromonte interior.