Villa unifamiliare in San Demetrio Corone
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Unità immobiliare (villa singola), identificata nel N.C.E.U., al fg. 47, p.lla 486, cat. A/2, cl. 2, consistenza 12 vani, rendita € 495,80, della superficie commerciale di 561,64 mq sita nel comune di San Demetrio Corone, contrada Sofferetti, n. 50. (trattasi di immobile abusivo ed…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Despite the €86/m² asking price versus a €263/m² Calabria baseline, this is a judicial auction and the legal report states the villa is abusive and cannot be regularized, making it unsuitable as a legally secure dwelling. The advertised “Habitable” condition directly contradicts the perizia.
More on the house and the area
This is an unusually large, functioning villa with a usable kitchen, furnished living spaces, tiled floors, heating, cellar/garage space, and a broad paved terrace. It is practical rather than beautiful, with dated interiors and a plain exterior, but the €48k price is striking for the size. The serious non-regularizable-abuse designation substantially reduces its dream-home appeal and requires specialist legal due diligence.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€222,000 – €329,000
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.
- The property is described as an abusive, non-regularizable building, creating a major legal and ownership risk.
- Interiors appear habitable and fully furnished but are dated and visually cluttered.
- No bathroom count is confirmed in the supplied facts, despite the large size.
- The extensive 562 sqm figure and auction context should be independently verified through the court documentation.
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.