Castrolibero
Tribunale: Cosenza RGE: 226/1993 PVP: 4604874 Bene 1 Terreno, qualità ente urbano, mq 699. Bene 2 Sul terreno insiste fabbricato, vani 7,5, piano terra. VUOI ACQUISTARE QUESTO IMMOBILE ALL'ASTA? PRENOTA ORA LA TUA CONSULENZA GRATUITA! Rispondi subito a questo annuncio per ricevere il link e fissare la tua consulenza…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction (Tribunale di Cosenza) — auction purchases carry significant legal/title risk, so treat as a trap. Asking €14,575 (≈€21/m2); with habitable-condition renovation estimated at €200/m2 (~€140k) the effective price is ≈€155k (≈€221/m2), so the auction risk dominates despite the low ask.
More on the house and the area
Bright, stylish interiors and a handsome historic-looking façade make this feel like a very photogenic bargain. The apartment appears habitable with large, attractive spaces, but some bathrooms/doorways look unfinished and the auction sale plus the note that images are indicative mean you should verify the real condition and documents before dreaming of a move-in ready 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€46,000 – €78,000
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.
- Listing images are flagged as indicative and may not be the actual photos of this property
- Offered at auction — expect legal/administrative complexity and possible extra costs
- Some rooms in the photos look partly unfinished (shower tray, door frames) and will need light finishing
- No clear outdoor/sea view or private garden is shown in the images
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 52/100The cluster lies on the lower slopes west of Cosenza, in the valley system that opens toward the Crati plain, with the Coastal Range rising a short distance to the west. The Savuto valley and the first Tyrrhenian-facing mountains are within the local hinterland, and the Sila massif is visible farther east beyond Cosenza but outside the immediate landscape. Cosenza is the nearest town of size, with a full set of services, a historic centre, and the urban area shared with Rende. The area is known mainly as the inland edge between the Cosenza urban basin and the Tyrrhenian side of northern Calabria, with mixed hillside settlement and access routes across the province.