Casa bifamiliare
🏡 IN VENDITA A MARCELLINARA (CZ) – AMPIA CASA CON TERRAZZO, TERRENO E SPLENDIDA VISTA SUI DUE MARI 🌊🌅 In posizione panoramica e strategica, nel suggestivo territorio di Marcellinara, proponiamo in vendita ampia proprietà al piano terra, inserita in una casa bifamiliare, con grandi spazi e interessanti possibilità di personalizzazione. ✨ Caratteristiche principali: • 🏠 225 mq circa...
What it really costs
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At €65,000 for 225 sqm, the asking price is just €289/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €422/sqm in Calabria townhouses, which is a strong discount. The description stresses 'possibilità di personalizzazione' rather than renovated/habitable condition, so I assume about €700/sqm renovation; that makes the effective cost ordinary rather than exceptional, with a small boost for the terrace and panoramic/two-seas view.
More on the house and the area
The big terrace and hillside panorama are the real draw here, with broad village-and-valley views that give it genuine dream value. It is not a ruin: there is a usable finished living area with bathroom and furnished rooms, but a substantial portion of the property is still raw and unfinished, so this is a partly livable house rather than a polished move-in home. At €65k for 225 sqm, the size-plus-view combination creates strong bargain appeal.
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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€45,000 – €79,000
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.
- Part of the property is unfinished/raw and needs significant renovation.
- Interiors shown as habitable are dated and fairly plain.
- Exterior/facade is not especially attractive.
- Only one bathroom is visible for a large 225 sqm home.
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 68/100Tiriolo stands on the Isthmus of Catanzaro between the Tyrrhenian and Ionian sides of Calabria, with the Sila visible to the northeast on clear days. The Corace valley is nearby, and the lower hills around the town are a mix of olive groves, woodland and cultivated slopes rather than a single protected landscape. Catanzaro is the nearest city of size, with the province’s main services, shops and hospital. The area is known in Calabria for the narrowest part of the peninsula and for broad views across both coasts from the higher ground around the town.