Casa indipendente in Via San Domenico
Nel suggestivo centro storico di Rossano, in Via San Domenico, proponiamo in vendita un caratteristico appartamento di circa 85 mq, posto al primo piano e dotato di ingresso semindipendente. L’abitazione si apre su un accogliente soggiorno e dispone di una comoda cucina abitabile impreziosita dalla presenza del camino,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Asking €18k with an estimated €200/m² minor works => effective €35k (≈€412/m²) versus regional median €478/m² (about 14% below baseline). Good photos (21) and a historic-centre location 5 km from the sea support this as a solid, livable bargain.
More on the house and the area
Sunny, structurally-sound first-floor apartment in a picturesque historic centre with a charming arched doorway and a balcony that looks out over tiled roofs, hills and distant sea. Interiors are clean and immediately usable but quite dated — a light renovation would turn this into a delightful home with spectacular views.
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€6,000 – €9,000
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 finishes and bathroom — cosmetic updating likely required
- Only one bathroom
- Access on a narrow cobbled street (no direct parking)
- Balcony railings and external metalwork show rust and may need repair
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 cluster lies in the Ionian coastal plain around the mouth of the Crati, with the Sila foothills inland and the lower slopes of the massif visible farther west. The Ionian Sea coast is close, with long sandy beaches and low flat shoreline around Schiavonea and the Corigliano-Rossano seafront. The Sila National Park begins inland beyond the plain, outside the immediate 15 km landscape. Corigliano-Rossano is a large town and has extensive modern built-up areas, services, shopping and rail connections; the urban cap applies here because the cluster is inside a city above 50,000 residents. The area is known for citrus groves and olive cultivation on the plain and lower hills, and for the historic centres of Corigliano and Rossano, including the ducal castle at Corigliano and the Codex Purpureus of Rossano, which is on UNESCO's Memory of the World register.