Casa indipendente in Via Giovanni 8
Con soli 30.000€ di acconto e 250€ mensili per due anni con la formula affitto a riscatto potrai acquistare nel cuore del centro storico di Strongoli una casa indipendente veramente ampia con una cantina - garage che potrai attrezzare anche a tavernetta. La potrai usare sia come casa vacanze che come prima abitazione. Per maggiori informazioni puoi chiamare Ida al...
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The advertised €30,000 is only a down payment; adding 24 monthly payments gives at least €36,000, and with an estimated €200/m² for a presumably usable home, the effective cost is about €440/m² versus the €478/m² Calabria baseline. Strong location value at 5 km from the sea, but the full purchase price and condition are not disclosed.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable, furnished house with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, living room, and generous 150 sqm of space. Its strongest appeal is the exceptionally low €30,000 price in Strongoli’s historic center, but the look is practical and very dated rather than beautiful, with no garden or visible special view.
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 – €17,000
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.
- Very dated interiors, wallpaper, fixtures, and furnishings would likely need refreshing.
- Exterior walls show significant weathering and damp-looking staining.
- Only one bathroom is listed for a 150 sqm, five-bedroom house.
- The offer uses an affitto a riscatto structure; confirm the full legal and payment terms.
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 47/100The area is the low Ionian side of Calabria, with cultivated hills behind the coastal plain. The Neto river reaches the Ionian Sea just north of Strongoli Marina. The nearest town of size is Crotone, which has the main range of services, port facilities and the archaeological museum tied to Magna Graecia sites on this coast. This stretch of coast is known for agriculture and for the archaeological area of Capo Colonna farther south near Crotone.