Casa indipendente in Via Nazionale 33
casa da ristrutturare su due livelli
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €20,000 price (€141/m²) is attractive, but restoring 142 m² at roughly €1,100/m² implies about €156,000 in works, bringing the effective cost to approximately €1,241/m² versus a local benchmark of €402/m². Being only 1 km from the sea helps, but the listing gives almost no condition or technical detail and has just one photo.
More on the house and the area
At €20,000 for 142 sqm, this is an exceptionally cheap-size opportunity, but the image offers little architectural charm or dream-home appeal. It is a renovation project rather than a clearly livable house, and the dense roadside setting provides no proven view, garden, or standout historic character.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€56,000 – €83,000
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 property is explicitly described as needing renovation on two levels.
- Only one low-resolution aerial image is provided, with no proof of interiors, views, utilities, roof condition, or access.
- The building appears tightly surrounded by neighboring structures and parking areas, with no visible private garden or terrace.
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 68/100The cluster sits on the north-east Sicilian coast on the Gulf of Milazzo, with the Tyrrhenian Sea immediately nearby. The Peloritani mountains rise a short distance inland behind this stretch of coast. Milazzo is the nearest substantial town; it has a large historic centre, port, and services, and the headland there is the main local landmark. Messina is also close enough for higher-order services and ferry links to the mainland. This part of the coast is known for small seaside settlements, citrus and olive cultivation in the plain and lower slopes, and views across the strait-side corner of north-eastern Sicily.