Palazzo - Edificio in San Ferdinando
Fabbricato su due piani di 380 mq circa, con giardino di 200 mq circa su due lati; a piano terra appartamento completato di 40 mq circa. A 100 metri dal mare.
What it really costs
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Move in as it is
In the listingRenovatedSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €89,000 for 380 sqm, the asking price is just €234/sqm versus a €376/sqm Calabria palazzo baseline, but the description says only a 40 sqm ground-floor apartment is completed, which contradicts the 'Renovated' label. Assuming most of the building needs major finishing/restoration (~€900/sqm), the effective cost is about €1,134/sqm; the near-sea location (100 m) supports value, but the mismatch in condition keeps the score capped.
More on the house and the area
The value proposition is strong: a very large palazzo-like structure with a garden and the sea reportedly 100 metres away. But the photos show a mostly unfinished, blocky shell with only a small completed section, so this feels far more like a project than a dreamy ready-to-live Italian home. The garden adds usability, yet the overall aesthetic is plain rather than romantic.
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, €900/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€75,000 – €133,000
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.
- Most of the building appears unfinished or raw despite the 'renovated' label.
- Only a small 40 sqm ground-floor apartment is completed and usable.
- No interior photos to prove quality, bathrooms, or full habitability.
- Urban street setting is plain, with no sea view shown despite being near the coast.
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 is on the Gioia Tauro plain at the foot of the Aspromonte, with the Tyrrhenian coast immediately beside it and views across the Strait area toward Sicily on clear days. The Petrace river reaches the sea just north of town. Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte lies inland, with the first mountain roads and forested slopes beginning within the short inland drive, though the main protected high ground is farther up. Gioia Tauro is a working port town and the largest nearby centre, with rail links, services and one of the main container ports in Italy. The wider plain is known for citrus groves and olive cultivation.