Casa indipendente in Via Calvario 7
CATANZARO SUD-Q. RE SANTA MARIA Proponiamo in vendita immobile indipendente posto al primo piano, completamente da ristrutturare. Internamente risulta composto da ingresso, cucina, due camere da letto e un servizio. Al piano terra si trova un cortiletto di proprietà esclusiva dell'appartamento, dove è possibile…
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
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €39,000 (€448/m²), the house is explicitly completely to renovate; allowing roughly €1,100/m² puts the effective cost near €1,548/m² versus a €285/m² local benchmark. The 5 km distance from the sea and private courtyard add value, but not enough to offset the substantial renovation burden.
More on the house and the area
This is a modest urban property with some useful potential from the private courtyard and separate 47 sqm storage building, but the photos show little immediate beauty or sense of place. The main house is roofed and has an existing bathroom, yet it is clearly a major renovation project rather than a livable home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€34,000 – €51,000
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.
- Completely to be renovated, with unfinished and visibly deteriorated interiors.
- Kitchen is not fitted and the bathroom appears very basic.
- Exterior plaster, balcony, stairs, roofing edges and masonry show substantial maintenance or structural concerns.
- The courtyard and 47 sqm storage building may require clearing, rebuilding or conversion work.
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.