Villa a schiera in Cassano all'Ionio
Vendo villetta a Marina di Sibari con doppio giardino, anteriore e posteriore. Composta da ingresso su soggiorno, angolo cottura, camera matrimoniale con bagno in camera, camera singola e bagno.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 for 58 m², the effective cost is about €1,579/m² after a habitable-home allowance, far above the local €433/m² benchmark. The 1 km proximity to the sea, garage, and two gardens add appeal, but the price premium is too large; the listing does not say the building year or energy class.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely habitable small townhouse with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a covered front patio, and two private garden areas with mature citrus trees. It is practical and move-in usable, but the dated interiors, plain suburban setting, and lack of a visible sea view keep it in the charming rather than dream-home category.
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€4,000 – €7,000
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.
- Interiors and bathroom finishes are dated and would benefit from modernization.
- The exterior roofline and paving show visible age; maintenance should be checked.
- No sea view is shown, despite the property being about 1 km from the coast.
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 61/100The cluster is in the Sibari plain on the Ionian coast, with long low beaches and reclaimed agricultural land around it. The Crati river and its delta are the main natural feature of this stretch of coast. Inland, within this part of northern Calabria, the foothills rise toward the Pollino massif, and the edge of Pollino National Park is within reach of the upper municipal territory around Cassano. Sibari is the nearest centre of note on the coast, known for the archaeological area of Sybaris. Corigliano-Rossano is the nearest larger urban centre with wider services, rail connections and a port area. This part of Calabria is known for citrus, olive groves and the archaeological remains of Magna Graecia on the plain.