Casa indipendente in Viale dei Caduti
Proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente da ristrutturare, accatastata come fabbricato collabente, inserita in una proprietà di oltre 6500 mq di terreno, con vista panoramica sul mare e sul borgo di Davoli. Situato su un piccolo promontorio, in posizione dominante e circondato dal verde, l’immobile offre una base…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listing- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
Must be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The 111 m² house is classified as a collabente ruin rather than a legally habitable dwelling, with recovery and permitted uses still requiring verification. At an estimated €1,100/m² renovation cost, the effective project cost is about €187,100 before addressing the stables and 6,500 m² of land.
More on the house and the area
This is a charming old rural house with a weathered tiled roof, fireplace, broad garden, olive trees, and a genuine glimpse toward the sea and Davoli. However, it is a serious renovation project rather than a usable home: the interiors are damp and deteriorated, and the cadastral status confirms it is currently considered a collabent structure. The land and setting create real potential, but the house itself is not yet livable.
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€44,000 – €65,000
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 property is officially registered as a collabente building and is explicitly sold for renovation.
- Interiors show severe damp, damaged plaster, bare concrete floors, and outdated/incomplete facilities.
- Roof condition, utilities, structural safety, and legal/urban-planning feasibility need thorough verification.
- The large 6,500+ sqm land and sea/borgo views are attractive, but restoration costs could be substantial.
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 area sits between the Ionian coastal strip and the Serre Calabresi, with wooded uplands rising inland within a short distance. The Torrente Ancinale valley is the main local landscape line, running down toward the Ionian near Soverato. The nearest town of size is Soverato on the coast, which has the main local services, railway station, marina and beach frontage. Inland, Serra San Bruno is the best-known centre in the wider mountain area, with the Certosa and large forest surroundings, but it lies beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. This part of Calabria is known for olive groves on the lower slopes, chestnut and beech woods higher up, and for the contrast between the Ionian shore and the inland Serre.