Porzione di casa a Monasterace
Monasterace superiore centro storico - Immobili cielo terra in buone condizioni nel centro del borgo di Monasterace a 3 km dal mare su due livelli con entrata indipendente : al piano terra camera e bagno al piano superiore cucina agno e balcone . Ideale per vacanze estive Disponibile da subito arredata
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Effective cost ≈€995/m² (€35,000 + €8,800 assumed renovation ≈€200/m²) vs local median €433/m² — more than double the typical value, so the price is high for the area. Positives: habitable, furnished, 44 m² in the historic centre and 3 km from the sea with 16 photos, but the high €/m² drives the low score.
More on the house and the area
A compact, habitable two-level town apartment with some vintage character (patterned kitchen tiles and a small tiled fireplace alcove). It’s a real, move-in-ready budget buy for the historic borgo near the sea, but expect to do cosmetic upgrades and live in modest, confined spaces.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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 small, compact rooms with limited natural light
- Dated kitchen and bathrooms — cosmetic updating recommended
- Steep, narrow internal stairs and modest finishes
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 66/100The cluster is on the Ionian coast of Calabria, with a long beach and the mouth area of the Assi river nearby. Inland, within this stretch of the Locride, the first hills of the Calabrian Serre rise not far from the coast, but the immediate setting is mainly coastal plain and low cultivated ground. Roccella Ionica is the nearest town of some size on this part of the coast, with a marina and rail connections. Monasterace is known for the archaeological area of ancient Kaulon, one of the main Greek sites on the Ionian side of Calabria.