Casa indipendente
Vendesi, a Taurianova in zona semi-centrale, una casa indipendente composta da: cucina abitabile, salone, 3 camere da letto ed un bagno. La proprietà include doppio giardino per un totale di circa 200 mq. Grazie alla posizione ed alla struttura, l’immobile offre la possibilità di cambio destinazione d’uso e può essere…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €100,000 for 110 sqm, the asking price is €909/sqm; assuming broadly habitable condition, the effective cost is about €1,109/sqm including ~€200/sqm light works. That is well above the Calabria country-house baseline of €474/sqm, and while the independent layout with 200 sqm of garden helps, the numbers make this only a fair deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a plain single-storey house with a useful double garden, but no real view or standout exterior charm. Inside it is roofed and structurally present, yet the rooms look heavily stripped, rough and only partly usable, so it feels more like a renovation project than a dream home. The value is in the space and potential, not in immediate wow.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€7,000 – €12,000
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 major internal renovation before it is comfortably livable.
- Interiors look stripped back and partly unfinished rather than move-in ready.
- Outdoor space is basic and urban, with little privacy or scenic setting.
- Possible change of use suggests the current residential layout may need rethinking.
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 52/100The cluster sits in the Gioia Tauro plain, with Aspromonte rising inland to the east and northeast. The nearest coast is the Tyrrhenian shore around Gioia Tauro and Palmi. The Aspromonte National Park begins inland on the mountain side of the plain. Taurianova is one of the larger centres of this part of the plain, with everyday services and road links toward Gioia Tauro, Palmi and the inland valleys. The wider area is known for olive groves and citrus cultivation, and for the port-industrial zone around Gioia Tauro on the coast.