Contrada Sofferetti, 50, San Demetrio Corone
Tribunale: Castrovillari RGE: 92/2022 PVP: 4602176 Unità immobiliare (villa singola), identificata nel N.C.E.U., al fg. 47, p.lla 486, cat. A/2, cl. 2, consistenza 12 vani, rendita € 495,80, della superficie commerciale di 561,64 mq sita nel comune di San Demetrio Corone, contrada Sofferetti, n. 50. (trattasi di…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listing- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Price is €48,475 (≈€86/m2) versus a regional baseline of €255/m2, but the auction file notes the villa is “abusivo ed insanabile” (cannot be legalized or used as a dwelling) and the ad warns photos are only indicative; this is a judicial-auction, non-habitable lot and not a liveable renovation project.
More on the house and the area
There are a few attractive interior shots and an evocative old bedroom, but the sale documents explicitly call the villa illegal and unsalvageable. That legal status makes it effectively uninhabitable and not a realistic turnkey dream-home despite any photogenic rooms.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€222,000 – €329,000
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.
- Per the auction documentation the villa is described as 'immobile abusivo ed insanabile' (illegally built and not legalizable) — major legal risk.
- Listing states the images are indicative and may not be the real photos of this property.
- Photos show mixed condition (some rooms look newly finished while others are decayed) — actual condition unclear.
- Facts list 0 bathrooms despite staged bathroom photo; utilities/finishes may not match reality.
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 area is the lower foothills and cultivated valleys between the Sila uplands and the Ionian plain. The Crati valley system is the main landscape feature of this part of northern Calabria, with olive groves, fields and low wooded hills around the Albanian-origin villages of the zone. The nearest coast for daily life is the Ionian shore around Corigliano-Rossano and Sibari, but it is outside the immediate inland setting. Rossano and Corigliano, the nearest larger centres, provide hospitals, larger shops, rail connections and services. This part of Calabria is known for arbëreshë settlements, olive cultivation and clementines in the broader plain.