Casa Indipendente in vendita a San Demetrio Corone
IN VENDITA – CASA CON TERRENI AGRICOLI A SAN DEMETRIO CORONE (CS)Vendesi caratteristica casa situata a San Demetrio Corone, in posizione comoda sulla via principale, facilmente accessibile e con un panorama mozzafiato.La casa è composta da: Cucina open space ️ Ampio soggiorno con caminetto ️ Due camere da letto Un…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
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At €43,000 for 109 m², the house is cheap upfront, but renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €1,095/m², well above the local €433/m² benchmark. The garage, large terrace, panoramic setting and included agricultural land add value, but the listing does not say enough about the building’s age, systems or energy performance.
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This is a genuine Calabrian country home with a fireplace, traditional tiled floors, enormous terrace, working kitchen and bathroom, plus an exceptional panoramic valley view. It is not a polished dream home yet: the interiors are dated and damp-affected, the roof/ancillary structures look rough, and the land is badly overgrown, but it appears to be a usable house rather than an empty shell. The one-hectare olive grove and €43,000 price create strong lifestyle appeal for someone willing to renovate and manage rural land.
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€21,000 – €38,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- The house clearly needs renovation, with damp/worn walls, dated interiors, and heavily overgrown outdoor areas.
- The very large terrace and agricultural land will require substantial clearing and ongoing maintenance.
- Utilities, structural condition, and legal status of the extensive land should be verified.
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 55/100The area is the lower foothills and cultivated valleys between the Sila uplands and the Ionian plain. The Crati valley system is the main landscape feature of this part of northern Calabria, with olive groves, fields and low wooded hills around the Albanian-origin villages of the zone. The nearest coast for daily life is the Ionian shore around Corigliano-Rossano and Sibari, but it is outside the immediate inland setting. Rossano and Corigliano, the nearest larger centres, provide hospitals, larger shops, rail connections and services. This part of Calabria is known for arbëreshë settlements, olive cultivation and clementines in the broader plain.