Terratetto unifamiliare in Reggio Calabria
Casa totalmente da ristrutturare (salvabile solo mura esterne e tetto). Eventualmente si può riaccatastare per realizzare un ufficio/studio medico/azienda. È predisposta per gli allacciamenti. Possiede un piccolissimo giardino interno ad uso esclusivo.
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
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At €19,000 for 90 sqm, this looks cheap, but the description says only the external walls and roof are salvageable and suggests re-cadastation as an office/medical studio/business rather than a home, which is a major habitability risk. With a full-restore estimate of about €1,100/sqm, effective cost is roughly €1,311/sqm versus a €423/sqm baseline, and it has been on the market for 366 days.
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The old brick facade has some simple period character, and the price is very low for a standalone townhouse near the sea. But this is essentially a full reconstruction project rather than a home you could live in soon, with only the outer walls and roof said to be salvageable. With no interior evidence and no bathroom listed, the wow is limited to potential rather than present livability.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€36,000 – €53,000
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.
- Totally to be renovated; only the external walls and roof are considered salvageable
- No bathroom shown/listed and interiors are likely not currently usable
- Only one exterior photo, so charm and condition inside cannot be verified
- Tiny internal garden only; setting/view is not a proven selling point
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 55/100This cluster lies in the built-up area of Reggio Calabria on the Strait of Messina, with the Aspromonte massif rising inland within the same local landscape. The Strait is the defining water feature, and the nearest beaches are on the Ionian and Tyrrhenian sides of the metropolitan area. Aspromonte National Park begins inland and frames daily views from the city side, but from this location a resident lives primarily in an urban fabric rather than in open mountain country. Reggio Calabria is the main city of the area and has a seafront, ferry links across the strait, the National Archaeological Museum with the Riace Bronzes, and the main services of a provincial capital. The area is known for the strait setting between Calabria and Sicily and for bergamot cultivation in the wider province.