Viale Giacomo Leopardi, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
Tribunale: Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto RGE: 65/2024 Piena ed esclusiva proprietà di un appartamento sito Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Me), via Giacomo Leopardi, quartiere Quartalari, della superficie commerciale di 104,30 mq. facente parte di un fabbricato di quattro elevazioni fuori terra, posto ad angolo tra la…
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In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
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The €79,875 price covers a 104 sqm apartment, but the listing is explicitly a judicial auction and requires a separate bidding and legal process. The additional 36.6 sqm mansard is classified as non-habitable storage, so it should not be valued as living space.
More on the house and the area
This is a reasonably large two-level apartment near the Sicilian coast, but the setting shown is a generic urban neighborhood with no visible view, garden, or distinctive historic character. The advertised interior appears partly renovated, yet the listing warns that the images are not real, so its true livability and finish are unproven.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- The listing explicitly says the photos are indicative and not of the actual apartment, so the apparent renovation cannot be trusted.
- Auction purchase with potentially significant legal, occupancy, and due-diligence requirements.
- The 36.6 sqm mansarda is a non-habitable storage space, not living area.
- Energy class G; the actual condition and systems need verification.
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 72/100The cluster lies on the Tyrrhenian side of Sicily between the coastal plain and the first ridges of the Peloritani, with views inland to low mountains and short valleys running down to the sea. The coast of the Golfo di Patti is nearby, with long urban and semi-urban beaches around Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Milazzo and Oliveri. The small lakes of Marinello and the Tindari headland are within about 15 km to the west, inside the protected area of the Laghetti di Marinello oriented nature reserve. Milazzo is the nearest substantial town in daily life, with a large historic citadel on the promontory, port services and ferry links to the Aeolian Islands. Tindari is known for the hilltop sanctuary and Greek-Roman archaeological area. The wider area is known for citrus cultivation on the plain and for the coast facing the Aeolian Islands.