Villa a schiera in Corigliano-Rossano
A Fabrizio Piccolo, a soli 100 metri dalla spiaggia, proponiamo in vendita una villetta a schiera, inserita all'interno di un caratteristico complesso di case blu mare. Una casa pensata per vivere il mare con semplicità, lasciando che siano la vicinanza alla spiaggia, gli spazi e la luce dell'estate a fare da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Heating
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Effective cost ≈ €1,247/m² (€89,000 price + €200/m² renovation → €106,000 total / 85 m²) versus local median €425/m² — nearly 3× the regional median. The listing also contradicts itself (facts list 'Needs renovation' while the text says 'buone condizioni'), so the score is reduced despite the excellent 100 m-to-beach location and many photos.
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A bright, very seaside house with a photogenic blue exterior and a genuine sea view — the 40 sqm roof terrace is the standout. Interiors are solid and immediately usable but retain 1980s finishes and need cosmetic modernisation to feel fully refreshed.
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.
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.
- Needs modernisation — kitchen and bathrooms are dated and would benefit from updating.
- Terraced townhouse in a row within a holiday complex, so limited privacy and close neighbours.
- Large roof terrace reached by a spiral staircase may need safety/finish work.
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 55/100This cluster is on the Ionian coast at the foot of the Sila foothills, with the Sila Grande rising inland. The coast here is the Gulf of Taranto shoreline with long sandy beaches and a flat coastal strip. Inland, the Crati plain gives way to olive groves and hill country. The Sila National Park lies inland beyond the immediate coast. The nearest town of size is the built-up area of Corigliano-Rossano itself, a large urban municipality with ports, beaches, commercial areas and the historic hill centres of Rossano and Corigliano above the plain. Rossano is known for the Codex Purpureus, on UNESCO's Memory of the World register, and for liquorice production in this part of the Ionian Calabrian coast.