casa indipendente
proponiamo fabbricato indipendente su due livelli composto al piano terra da soggiorno angolo cottura, 2 camere e bagno, al piano primo con scala esterna, appartamento composto da soggiorno angolo cottura 2 camere bagno e balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €310/m², the asking price is already above the Calabria baseline of €263/m²; allowing roughly €200/m² for a habitable 1966 property brings the effective cost to about €510/m². Directly by the sea and offering 145 m² with two apartments adds location value, but the deal is not especially cheap.
More on the house and the area
A spacious, independent two-level home with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, tiled floors, a balcony, and clearly usable living spaces. It is habitable rather than a renovation shell, but the plain exterior and dated finishes offer little visual wow, and the photos do not prove a sea view or special setting.
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€10,000 – €16,000
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.
- Dated interiors and bathrooms would benefit from modernization.
- Exterior shows weathering and possible damp staining.
- No garden, attractive surroundings, or sea view is shown despite the seaside location.
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 74/100The area is on the Ionian side of the Calabrian Apennines, with the southern Aspromonte massif rising inland within this radius. The Fiumara di Bruzzano and other short Calabrian torrent valleys cut from the mountains toward the Ionian coast here. Brancaleone Marina is on the Ionian Sea. Part of the inland area falls in or close to Aspromonte National Park. The nearest larger centre with a wider range of services is Locri on the Ionian coast, with shops, schools, hospital services and rail connections. This stretch of coast is known for long beaches backed quite quickly by steep inland relief, and Brancaleone is known for sea-turtle nesting on its beach.