Casa indipendente in Contrada Campanella 1
**Splendida Casa Indipendente con Vista Panoramica sulla Campagna di Messina** Immersa nella serena campagna di Messina, ai confini con il pittoresco comune di Scaletta Zanclea, questa casa indipendente offre un'esperienza di vita senza paragoni. Goditi una vista mozzafiato sul Mar Ionio e il suggestivo Castello Ruffo direttamente dalla tua abitazione. Su due livelli, la casa accoglie al pian...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €504/m², the €65,000 asking price is about 31% above the local benchmark before renovation, and the unstated condition creates meaningful cost risk. Panoramic Ionian views, garden, parking, terrace and 29 photos add appeal, but the premium keeps this in the fair range.
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€25,000 – €45,000
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.
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 is inside the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with the Peloritani mountains immediately behind the city. The nearest beaches are on the strait and on the Ionian side just south of the city. The Monti Peloritani form the local relief within a short drive, with road access into ridge and forest areas above the urban strip. Messina is a major city with a port, ferry links to Calabria, universities, hospitals and full urban services. The historic city was heavily rebuilt after the 1908 earthquake, so the immediate setting is primarily a dense urban and port landscape rather than a distinct rural or protected scenic area.