casa indipendente
proponiamo casa indipendente su 3 livelli composta al piano terra da soggiorno, cucina, piano primo da 2 camere da letto e bagno, piano secondo da cucina e terrazza vista mare, piano seminterrato con cantina e bagno. vero affare
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
At €45,000 for 105 sqm, the asking price is €429/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €629/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €286/sqm in Calabria villas. Sea view and 1 km from the coast help, but on these numbers it looks expensive for this catalog despite the 'vero affare' claim.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a project: multiple finished rooms, working kitchens, bathrooms and a proper stair core make it basically habitable now. The wow comes mainly from the top terrace and near-sea location at a very low price, but the building itself is plain and the interiors are dated rather than 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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Exterior is plain and somewhat tired.
- Interiors are dated and need cosmetic updating.
- Sea view is implied by terrace/location but not strongly shown in photos.
- Street access is on a steep lane.
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 71/100The cluster is on the Ionian coast of Calabria, with the sea directly at hand. Inland, within a short distance, the first slopes of the Aspromonte massif rise behind the coastal strip, and the lower valleys and fiumare cut down toward the coast. The nearest larger centre is Locri, which has everyday services, a hospital and a railway station on the Ionian line. This part of the coast is known for citrus cultivation, especially bergamot, and for the remains of Magna Graecia around Locri Epizefiri.