Palazzo - Edificio in Bovalino
Costruzione da completare. Appartamento di 75 m2. Orientamento nord/ovest. Vista mare. Altre info in privato. No perditempo grazie.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingRenovated- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing says 'Costruzione da completare', so despite the 'Renovated' fact it is unfinished and should be priced like a full restore: about €1,100/m² renovation, making the effective cost roughly €1,633/m² (€122.5k total), far above the Calabria palazzo baseline of €376/m². Sea-front location helps, but 990 days on market, only 1 photo, and a very vague description are strong negatives.
More on the house and the area
The main appeal is the claimed sea-view location and very low price near the coast. But this is not presented as a ready home: the listing itself says the construction is to be completed, and the single photo shows an unfinished concrete structure rather than a usable apartment. It feels more like a project than a dream move-in Italian home.
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€30,000 – €44,000
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.
- Construction is unfinished and appears to be a bare structure
- Only one exterior photo is provided, so interior livability is unproven
- Sea view is stated but not clearly demonstrated in the photo
- Likely requires substantial fit-out before it can be lived in
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 72/100The area is on the Ionian coast with beaches and the mouth of the Bonamico fiumara nearby. The first slopes of the Aspromonte rise a short distance inland, and the southern sector of Parco Nazionale dell’Aspromonte begins within this radius above the coastal strip. Locri is the nearest town of size with everyday services and the archaeological area of Locri Epizefiri is nearby. This stretch of the Locride is known for citrus groves on the coastal plain and for hill villages on the lower Aspromonte facing the Ionian Sea.