Rustico in Botricello
Appartamento allo stato rustico, situato all’ultimo piano di un edificio in posizione centrale. L’immobile, con una superficie di circa 180 mq, offre ampi spazi e la possibilità di progettare e personalizzare completamente gli interni secondo le proprie esigenze e il proprio gusto, realizzando un’abitazione moderna e…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €55,000 asking price is only €299/m², but this 184 m² rustic shell needs a near-total fit-out from zero; at roughly €1,000/m², the effective cost approaches €1,300/m² versus €265/m² for comparable local stock. The central location and 2 km proximity to the sea help, but do not offset the substantial renovation burden.
More on the house and the area
The large balcony provides wide open views over the town, with the sea reportedly only 2 km away, and the €55,000 price is attractive for 184 sqm. However, this is a true unfinished shell rather than a livable home: the interiors are bare, dusty, and unserviced, so the renovation burden substantially limits the dream-home appeal.
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, €1,000/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€36,000 – €65,000
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.
- Raw unfinished interior with bare floors, exposed brick ceilings, and no visible kitchen or finished bathrooms.
- Requires a full renovation and likely new plumbing, electrical, heating, and interior finishes.
- Urban street setting with traffic and neighboring rooftops; no private land or distinctive historic character is shown.
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 58/100The cluster lies on the Ionian coast of Calabria, with long sandy shoreline and the Gulf of Squillace immediately by the town. Inland the land is mostly low coastal plain with cultivated fields, while the Sila foothills rise farther west beyond the 15 km landscape. Catanzaro is the nearest provincial city of size, with full services, rail connections and hospitals. This stretch of coast is known for beach resorts and agricultural land rather than for a protected headland, historic fishing port or named scenic enclave within the immediate area.