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Casa indipendente in Via Municipio 7

Monasterace, Calabria
Bedrooms
1
Baths
1
40
Price per m²
€750
Property type
Country house
Rooms
2 locali

Nel cuore del borgo antico e a pochi passi dal castello bilocale su due livelli con doppio ingresso indipendente composto da cucina abitabile con balcone abitabile, camera matrimoniale e bagno.

balconyindependent entrance

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Condition not stated in the listing
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Why this price is what it is

At €30,000 (€750/m²), this compact two-level home is reasonably priced for a historic village location just 3 km from the sea, with two independent entrances and a balcony. Allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified condition brings the effective cost to about €950/m², so the missing condition and technical details prevent an exceptional rating.

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What the photos show

A genuinely livable little home with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, air conditioning, and independent access. Its main appeal is the €30,000 price and traditional village-house character, but the interiors are plain and dated rather than beautiful or dreamlike.

Updating, not renovation
€8,000 – €11,000

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€3,000 – €4,000

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.

Asking price + this range
€38,000 – €41,000
What worries us about this house
  • Very compact 40 sqm layout over two levels.
  • Interiors are fully usable but dated, with older kitchen and bathroom finishes.
  • No exterior, balcony, or view is shown clearly enough to assess the setting.

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 66/100

The cluster is on the Ionian coast of Calabria, with a long beach and the mouth area of the Assi river nearby. Inland, within this stretch of the Locride, the first hills of the Calabrian Serre rise not far from the coast, but the immediate setting is mainly coastal plain and low cultivated ground. Roccella Ionica is the nearest town of some size on this part of the coast, with a marina and rail connections. Monasterace is known for the archaeological area of ancient Kaulon, one of the main Greek sites on the Ionian side of Calabria.

The comune of Monasterace
People living here
3,267
-1.7% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
22%
13% are under 14
Flood zone
26%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
Landslide zone
5.7%
of residents live in a high-risk landslide area
How far to everything
To the sea
3 km
Nearest airport
86 min drive
Nearest city
64 min drive
Property address:Via Municipio 7
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Asking price

30,000
Deal score
66/100
Dream
35/100
Wow
62/100

Listed 18/08/2026