Decollatura
Decollatura. Habitable, autonomo heating, cantina.
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The asking price is very low at €108/m², but allowing about €200/m² for a habitable property brings the effective cost to roughly €308/m², above the €255/m² local benchmark. The listing mentions heating and a cellar, but does not say anything about bathrooms or provide enough detail to confirm the home’s full condition.
More on the house and the area
This is an unusually large 195 sqm property at a remarkably low price, with a genuinely attractive modern kitchen, clean living room, and bathroom. However, the gallery also reveals neglected interiors and heavily deteriorated exterior surfaces, so it feels like a partly renovated home rather than a polished dream house.
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€13,000 – €22,000
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.
- The gallery is highly inconsistent: modern renovated rooms appear alongside a very poor, dark bedroom and a badly weathered courtyard facade.
- The facts list zero bathrooms despite a photographed bathroom, so the actual livable layout and renovation scope need verification.
- No compelling landscape, sea, mountain, or garden 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 61/100The cluster is in the Catanzaro Apennines, with wooded uplands and ridges around the Reventino area. The Amato valley lies nearby, and the Tyrrhenian coast at the Gulf of Sant’Eufemia is beyond the hills. This part of inland Catanzaro is known for chestnut woods, mixed forest and small mountain villages rather than for a single major monument or protected landscape inside the immediate area. The nearest town of size is Lamezia Terme, which has the main rail junction, services and the nearest airport.