Edificio in Via Ugo Foscolo
Trebisacce - Via Ugo Foscolo. In posizione centrale, a pochi passi da tutti i principali servizi e dal mare, proponiamo in vendita palazzina indipendente disposta su tre livelli, completa di cantina e lastrico solare. L'immobile, da ristrutturare, rappresenta una soluzione dalle grandi potenzialità, ideale per chi…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Price is €99,000 for 200 sqm (€495/sqm), but the description says 'da ristrutturare', so I estimate about €700/sqm renovation, bringing effective cost to roughly €1,195/sqm. That is well above the Calabria palazzo baseline of €340/sqm, but the independent building in central Trebisacce just steps from the sea and services adds value and keeps it in the good/fair range.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial independent town building with good size, balconies and a roof terrace, and the price per square metre is strikingly low. But the beauty is limited by a very ordinary street setting, and the listing explicitly says it needs renovation, with no interior photos to prove current livability. It feels more like a solid project with potential than an immediate dream 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, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€40,000 – €70,000
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.
- Needs full renovation
- No interior photos to confirm finishes or current livability
- Urban street setting is ordinary with no proven views
- Near the sea, but the photos do not show it
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 cluster is on the Ionian coast of the Gulf of Taranto, with long beaches and a seafront at Trebisacce. The lower slopes of the Pollino massif rise inland within this radius, and the fringe of Pollino National Park is nearby around the inland side toward Albidona and Alessandria del Carretto. The nearest town of size is Corigliano-Rossano farther down the coast, while within the local area Trebisacce has the usual coastal services and marina frontage. This stretch of coast is known for beach tourism and for clementines and olive groves on the coastal plain and first hills.