PIAZZA SAN VINCENZO - 3 locali in buone condizioni
Lo stabile si colloca in Via Pracanica, nelle immediate vicinanze di Piazza San Vincenzo e della Via Garibaldi, zona strategica, ben servita e ideale per chi desidera muoversi comodamente a piedi, con tutti i principali servizi a portata di mano. Posto al terzo e ultimo piano di una palazzina senza ascensore,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The habitable 65 m² apartment has a strong near-sea location and costs €908/m², but the effective cost is about €1,108/m² after a modest habitable-property allowance—well above the local €485/m² reference. The listing does not say the building year or energy class, so the price is not especially compelling despite the good condition.
More on the house and the area
A solid, genuinely habitable two-bedroom apartment with a functioning kitchen, bathroom, heating, and plenty of usable space. Its main appeal is practical value—€59,000 for 65 sqm near the sea—rather than spectacular beauty, views, or historic character.
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€4,000 – €7,000
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.
- Urban apartment with no private garden, terrace, or visible sea view.
- The building exterior is worn and heavily graffitied, despite the apartment interiors being habitable.
- Interiors are clean and functional but dated, with limited architectural character.
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 inside the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with the Peloritani mountains rising immediately behind the city. The coast here is the urban waterfront of the strait rather than a resort shore. The nearest substantial town is Messina itself, with a major port, ferry links to Calabria, a university, hospitals and full city services. This stretch of the strait is known for ferry traffic and for the narrow sea passage between Sicily and the Italian mainland.