Villa a Schiera 8 locali, 206 m² in Via dei Garofani 29, Mes
Villa a Schiera 8 locali, 206 m² in Via dei Garofani 29, Mes. autonomo heating, garage, porta blindata, taverna, esposizione esterna, videocitofono, cancello elettrico, caminetto, cucina, balcone, cantina.
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At €358/m², the €73,710 asking price is 13% below comparable local stock, and the home is only 2 km from the sea. However, allowing roughly €200/m² for an apparently habitable but undocumented condition brings the effective cost to about €558/m²; the listing does not state the condition, bathrooms, or energy performance.
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A substantial, sunny Sicilian townhouse with a cheerful peach facade, generous tiled terraces, balconies, a fireplace, garage, and a hillside view. The interiors are fully fitted and clearly livable rather than a renovation shell, but they are dated, cluttered, and would need refreshing to become a polished 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€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.
- Interiors are dated and heavily furnished, so cosmetic modernization would be needed.
- The home is spread over multiple levels with several staircases.
- Some walls and ceilings show possible age-related staining or maintenance issues.
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.