Casa Rurale Trifamiliare
RIF. 120282 - Casa in vendita composto da 4 camere da letto, soggiorno, angolo cottura,3 bagni. 10 km dal mare in località Siderno Marina. Completa la proprietà un uliveto di circa 9000 metri .
What it really costs
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At €90,000 for 150 sqm, the asking price is €600/sqm; assuming habitable condition from the 5 beds/3 baths layout and heating tag, effective cost is about €800/sqm including light works. That is far above this Calabria villa baseline of €286/sqm, while the location is only moderately attractive at 7 km from the sea; the included 9,000 sqm olive grove adds value but also suggests part of the price is for land rather than the house alone.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable country house: proper kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms and a solid-looking exterior, so it feels genuinely livable now. The wow comes from the hillside olive-grove setting, open mountain views and the rare amount of land for the price. It is more simple than romantic, but as an affordable live-in Calabrian home with 9,000 sqm of olives, it has strong dream value.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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.
- Interiors look basic and dated rather than characterful.
- Exterior and yard are functional, with some hard landscaping and little polished outdoor living space.
- Photos do not clearly show the full living room or overall finish quality of all rooms.
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 61/100The area sits in the inland hills above the Ionian side of the Locride, with short valleys and ridges that drop toward the coast. The Torbido river valley is the main landscape feature in this part of the province. Aspromonte rises inland to the west, but the main mountain mass is beyond the immediate area. The nearest larger centre is Locri on the coast, which has everyday services and rail links along the Ionian line. Gerace, a few kilometres inland, is a major historic hill town with a cathedral and a large old centre, and it is listed among I Borghi più belli d'Italia. This part of the Locride is known for olive groves and for hill towns set above the Ionian plain.