Casa semi indipendente con magazzino e vista parco
Nei pressi del centro di Sambiase e precisamente in Via Giacomo Leopardi, con affaccio sul nuovo parco in fase di riqualificazione di Piazza Garibaldi, proponiamo la vendita di un immobile semi indipendente composto da: Magazzino/garage al piano terra, soggiorno, angolo cottura e bagno al piano rialzato e due camere da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Habitable 80 sqm townhouse at €75,000 implies about €1,138/sqm effective cost including light updates (€200/sqm), versus a very low Calabria townhouse baseline of €424/sqm. The description supports legal residential use despite a ground-floor garage and non-habitable attic, but at roughly 2.7x baseline this looks weak rather than a bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable home rather than a project: clean, furnished, with a renovated bathroom and workable kitchen, so livability is good. The wow factor is limited though, with an ordinary facade, basic interiors, and only a modest town outlook from the balcony. At €75k it feels practical value more than dream-home beautiful.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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.
- Plain, non-character exterior on a road
- Balcony outlook is compromised by nearby construction
- Interiors are functional but dated in parts
- Garage/storage area is rough and unfinished
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 42/100This is the plain of Sant’Eufemia at the head of the Gulf of Sant’Eufemia, with low coastal farmland and the first slopes of the Calabrian inland rising behind it. The Tyrrhenian coast is nearby. The nearest substantial town is Lamezia Terme itself, which is a service city with the main airport of Calabria, major rail links, hospitals and retail areas. The urban cap applies because the cluster is inside the built-up area of a city above 50,000 residents.