Terratetto unifamiliare in Strongoli
Antica casa calabrese nel cuore del centro storico Affascinante casa calabrese d’epoca, rimasta autentica nelle sue caratteristiche originali e pronta per un restauro conservativo che ne sappia valorizzare la storia e il fascino. La casa offre una buona base per un intervento di recupero rispettoso dell’identità…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Asking €12,000 for 120 m² but estimated renovation ~€700/m² → ~€84,000, so effective price ≈€96,000 (≈€800/m²) versus local median €433/m² (Strongoli/Calabria). Listing has no photos, which makes the high renovation burden riskier.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €42,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
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.