Centrache – casa indipendente di 173 mq con magazzino e oltre 11.000 mq di terreno
CENTRACHE – CASA INDIPENDENTE DI 173 MQ CON MAGAZZINO E OLTRE 11.000 MQ DI TERRENO. autonomo heating, garage, balcone, terrazzo.
What it really costs
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Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €90,000 (€520/m²), the asking price is already more than double the local comparison level of €252/m²; allowing about €700/m² for an unspecified condition raises the effective cost substantially further. The large 11,000 m² plot, garage and terraces add appeal, but the listing does not say whether the house is habitable or renovated.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely livable, spacious villa with bright marble-floored rooms, a functioning kitchen and bathroom, balconies, and wide views toward the Calabrian hills. The strongest dream factor is the combination of panoramic countryside setting and more than 11,000 sqm of land, although the exterior is worn and overgrown and the interiors need cosmetic updating.
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€34,000 – €61,000
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 extensive exterior paving and grounds are visibly overgrown and need maintenance.
- Interiors are spacious and usable but dated, with an older kitchen and bathroom.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 173 sqm, three-bedroom home; utilities and legal status should be verified.
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 56/100The area is in the low Ionian hills of central Calabria, with mixed olive groves, fields and wooded slopes. The Ionian coast is nearby, with the Gulf of Squillace the relevant stretch of sea. Within this area the main settlement of size is Soverato on the coast, which has everyday services, a station and a seafront. This part of Calabria is known for olive growing and for small inland villages set above the Ionian shore.