Rustico/casale in Contrada Petrone 40
A San Marco Argentano (CS), in Contrada Petroni, con accesso diretto e comodo dalla Strada Provinciale SP270 (tratto inserito nella suggestiva Ciclovia dei Parchi della Calabria), proponiamo in vendita in blocco un intero compendio immobiliare rurale con splendida vista panoramica sulle colline e sulla vallata. La…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €59,000 price is already €711/m² versus a local reference of €236/m², and the legal 72 m² dwelling needs renovation, bringing the estimated effective cost well above the reference. The one-hectare olive grove and 150 m² rural ruin add value, but much of the package is agricultural or non-habitable space rather than finished living area.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine rural living property with sweeping mountain-and-valley views, a large productive olive grove, fruit trees, and a charming traditional farmhouse setting. The 83 sqm house is roofed and has a functioning-looking kitchen, tiled floors, bedrooms, and bathroom, but it needs significant renovation rather than being move-in ready. The additional ruin and roughly one hectare of land add major potential, especially for a self-sufficient country lifestyle.
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€17,000 – €29,000
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 main house clearly needs substantial renovation, with peeling plaster and damp-related staining visible inside and outside.
- An adjacent approximately 150 sqm structure is described as a ruin/collabente and will require major restoration.
- The property sits directly beside a provincial road, so traffic noise and access conditions should be checked.
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 cluster sits in the inland valley country of northern Calabria, between the lower foothills of the Pollino massif to the north and the broader Esaro-Coscile plain. The Esaro river system shapes this area, with cultivated valley floors and low ridges around the town. Pollino National Park begins within this wider inland zone to the north, and the first mountain roads into the park and toward the Orsomarso-Pollino uplands are a short drive away, but the immediate 15 km landscape is mainly agricultural hills and valley land rather than high mountain scenery. The nearest larger centre is Castrovillari, which has the main services, shops and hospital for this part of the province. The area is known for olive groves, vineyards and mixed inland farming typical of the northern Calabrian interior.