Casa indipendente in Via San Teodoro
Casa indipendente 35 mq in località Greco Via San Teodoro ( Petilia Policastro) con 1000 mq di giardino.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €16,000 (€457/m²), the house is slightly below the local €474/m² reference, but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,157/m². The listing does not state the condition, utilities, or habitability, so the 1,000 m² garden is the main clear positive.
More on the house and the area
A colorful detached cottage is surrounded by a lush, mature garden with grapevines, fruit trees, roses, and extensive paved outdoor space. The exterior appears roofed and structurally intact rather than ruined, but the absence of interior photos leaves its real condition and move-in readiness uncertain.
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€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.
- No interior photos, so the kitchen, bathroom, utilities, and actual livability cannot be verified.
- The garden is mature and somewhat overgrown, with visible storage items and possible maintenance needs.
- At 35 sqm, this is a very small one-bedroom home, likely better suited to a couple, retreat, or holiday base than a full-time family residence.
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 68/100The cluster sits on the eastern side of the Sila, with wooded uplands and the foothills of the Calabrian Apennines within its 15 km landscape. The Neto river basin shapes this part of inland Crotone province, with smaller valleys and cultivated slopes around the town. The edge of Sila National Park lies nearby in the upland zone west of Petilia Policastro. The nearest substantial town is Crotone on the Ionian coast, which has the main services, port and rail connections for this side of the province. This area is known for forest country, chestnut and olive cultivation, and for villages linking the Sila uplands with the Ionian hinterland.