Contrada Sofferetti, 50, San Demetrio Corone
Tribunale: Castrovillari RGE: 92/2022 PVP: 4602200 Unità immobiliare (villa singola), identificata nel N.C.E.U. al fg. 47, p.lla 487, della superficie commerciale di 529,80 mq, cat. A/7, cl. 2, consistenza 11,5 vani, rendita € 475,14 e terreno id. al fg. 47, p.lla 28, della superficie commerciale di 1.050 mq, qualità…
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction (Tribunale Castrovillari RGE 92/2022), so sale follows auction procedures rather than a standard conveyance. Price €90,843 for 530 m2 (€171/m2) is noted alongside an 'abusivo ed insanabile' outbuilding on the plot and the listing states images are indicative only.
More on the house and the area
The pictures show large, bright, well-finished interior spaces (loft-like living area, tidy bedrooms and a high-end bathroom) that feel liveable and photogenic. However the listing warns images are indicative and the file mentions an illegal outbuilding and auction sale — verify the real interiors, legal status and utilities before assuming this is a move-in-ready dream home.
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€35,000 – €59,000
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.
- Photos in the listing are marked as indicative/stock — images may not be the real rooms of this villa.
- Property is sold at auction and the listing notes an abusive (insanabile) 60 m² outbuilding on the land — legal regularity must be verified.
- Advertisement shows 0 bathrooms in the facts; confirm actual services, utilities and habitability before bidding.
- Rural location (sea ~15 km); check access, distances to services and condition of main villa in person.
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.