Appartamento 8 locali, 186 m² in Contrada Cutunizza s.n.c.,
Appartamento 8 locali, 186 m² in Contrada Cutunizza s.n.c.,. autonomo heating, caminetto, armadio a muro, cucina, balcone, arredato, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Structure
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €224/m², the asking price is well below comparable Calabria stock, and the estimated all-in cost is about €424/m² after light habitable-condition work. The sea is only 4 km away, but the listing does not say the condition or number of bathrooms, so the discount needs verification.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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.
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 73/100The area is on the Ionian coast, with beaches along the Gulf of Squillace and the lower slopes of the Serre and Aspromonte hinterland rising inland. The Torbido and Amusa river valleys open to the coast nearby. Roccella Ionica has a seafront, a historic core on the slope, and the remains of the hilltop Castello Carafa above the town. Locri is the nearest town of size, with everyday services and the archaeological area of Locri Epizefiri nearby. This stretch of the Locride is known for citrus, olive groves and a long linear coastal strip backed by Calabrian hills.