Casa colonica in Reggio Calabria
Fabbricato rurale con progetto approvato nel 2010 per la costruzione di una villetta su 2 piani unitamente ad un giardino di 400 mq. Possibilità di adeguare il progetto scaduto in base alle norme vigenti.
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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The description says this is a rural outbuilding with an expired 2010 project to build a house, so it is not currently a lawful habitable dwelling. At €75,000 for 100 sqm plus roughly €110,000 restoration/new-works equivalent, the effective cost is far above the already low Calabria farmhouse baseline, and the listing has been on the market for 1,827 days with only 1 photo.
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This looks more like a redevelopment opportunity than a lovable home you could move into. The single aerial image shows a fairly ordinary suburban edge location, with no proven views or character details. The 400 sqm garden helps a little, but condition and livability appear very weak at present.
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€40,000 – €59,000
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.
- Only one aerial photo; no house/interior beauty is shown
- Existing rural building appears to be a project rather than a ready home
- Approved project dates from 2010 and likely needs renewal/verification
- Urban fringe setting near commercial/industrial buildings is not especially scenic
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Reggio Calabria on the Strait of Messina coast, with the Aspromonte massif rising inland within this radius. The Ionian Tyrrhenian divide of the Parco Nazionale dell'Aspromonte begins behind the city in the mountain belt. Reggio Calabria is the nearest town of size and has full city services, ferry links across the strait, and the National Archaeological Museum with the Bronzes of Riace. The area is known for views across the Strait of Messina toward Sicily and for bergamot cultivation in the surrounding province.