Via dei Garofani, 29, Messina
Tribunale: Messina RGE: 142/2025 PVP: 4647799 Piena proprietà superficiaria per la quota di 1/1 di un alloggio unifamiliare della superficie lorda commerciale complessiva di circa 206 mq. L’immobile rientra nel Piano Particolareggiato di Risanamento. La tipologia realizzata, costituente un alloggio unifamiliare, è a…
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In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
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Although the advertised price is €73,715 (€358/m²), this is a judicial auction property, making it unsuitable for a straightforward purchase despite its apparent habitable condition. The listing says the images are not real and provides no reliable bathroom or property-condition details; estimated renovation allowance is about €200/m².
More on the house and the area
This is a surprisingly spacious, bright townhouse with finished-looking floors, bathrooms, skylights, and multiple levels, making it appear broadly livable rather than a ruin. However, the design is generic and the photos do not prove the actual property, Italian character, views, garden, or exterior condition, so the dream-home appeal is limited.
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€14,000 – €23,000
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 images are indicative and not the actual property photos.
- Auction purchase with potential legal, ownership, and condition uncertainties.
- No clear Italian character, private outdoor space, or sea/landscape view is shown.
- The facts list zero bathrooms despite the images showing finished bathrooms; verify the real layout and utilities.
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 cluster is in the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with the Peloritani immediately behind the city and the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts meeting in the wider area. The nearest extensive mountain landscape is the Peloritani range, with wooded ridges and small upland villages within a short drive. The nearest town of size is Messina itself, which has a major port, university, hospitals, rail and ferry connections to Calabria, and the city’s setting is shaped more by dense urban fabric and transport infrastructure than by open countryside. Taormina and the larger scenery of Etna are outside the 15 km landscape and do not raise the score. Messina is known for the strait crossing and for its port.