Casa indipendente su due livelli immersa nel verde – Calabria
La proprietà si trova di fronte alla Strada Provinciale, in una posizione facilmente raggiungibile, a circa 20 minuti dal mare e a soli 500 metri dal centro turistico di Campora San Giovanni, località apprezzata per le sue spiagge e per i servizi presenti. L'abitazione dispone di ampi spazi ed è composta…
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 price ≈ €376/m² (€88k + estimated €200/m² renovation = €188k total for 500 m²) versus regional median €255/m², so about 47% above typical stock. The listing has only 1 photo and the text says 7 bedrooms while the facts show 1 bed, so details contradict and lower confidence.
More on the house and the area
A large, habitable villa with generous space and green hillside setting; livable now but with some finishes to update. Good size and proximity to the coast make it an attractive value, but the roadside position and lack of interior photos lower its dream-home wow.
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€33,000 – €56,000
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.
- Property faces a provincial road — limited privacy and potential traffic noise.
- Described as 'partially to rework' — cosmetic/finish updates likely needed.
- Only an exterior photo available, so interior condition and views are unclear.
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 is on the western side of the Catanzaro province near the Savuto valley and the inland hills between the Tyrrhenian coast and the Sila. The Savuto River basin shapes this part of Calabria with wooded slopes, mixed farmland and small ridge settlements. The nearest coast is the Tyrrhenian around the Gulf of Sant’Eufemia, with beaches and the port and rail junction of Lamezia Terme as the nearest town of size. Lamezia Terme also has the main airport for this side of Calabria. The Sila is farther inland and matters more as a distant backdrop and excursion area than as the immediate landscape. This part of Calabria is known for olive groves, chestnut and mixed hill agriculture, and for villages set on defensible heights after past earthquakes and malaria on the coast.