Casa indipendente in via Carlo Alberto s.n.c., Camini
Casa indipendente da personalizzare nel cuore della Calabria autentica Nel suggestivo borgo di Camini (RC), immerso nella tranquillità e nella bellezza delle colline joniche, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente allo stato rustico situata in Via Carlo Alberto, in posizione comoda e panoramica. La proprietà si…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €95,000 for 145 sqm, the ask is €655/sqm, but the house is described as rustico/da personalizzare, so a heavy renovation estimate of about €1,000/sqm brings the effective cost to roughly €1,655/sqm. That is far above the Calabria villa baseline of €286/sqm, and the listing has been on the market for 322 days, which is a strong negative despite the panoramic setting and being only 6 km from the sea.
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Camini itself looks appealing, with artistic lanes and a green hillside setting close to the sea, and the price per sqm is low for a detached house. But the actual building is a raw unfinished shell: roofed and structurally there, yet not a livable home today. This feels more like a serious build-out project than an immediately dreamable Italian home.
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, €1,000/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€29,000 – €51,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Rustico shell only: unfinished interiors with no visible windows, systems or fit-out.
- Photos do not prove any usable living space yet despite the large size.
- Street-side setting with exposed wires and basic access reduces romance.
- The attractive first image is only a completion rendering, not the current house.
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 low Ionian-side hills of the Serre calabresi, with short valleys running down toward the Ionian coast. The Stilaro valley is nearby, and the coast around Monasterace Marina and Riace Marina is the nearest daily reference for beaches and services. The nearest town of size is Locri, which has hospitals, secondary schools, rail connections and the archaeological area of Locri Epizefiri. Stilo is nearby and is known for the Cattolica di Stilo, a well-known Byzantine church. This part of the Locride is known for olive groves, citrus, and small hill villages above the Ionian shore.