Casa indipendent Via Duca Abruzzi 5, Monforte San Giorgio ME
Casa indipendent Via Duca Abruzzi 5, Monforte San Giorgio ME. Habitable, autonomo heating, armadio a muro, cucina, balcone, terrazzo, cantina, esposizione doppia.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €277/m², the asking price is attractive, but allowing roughly €200/m² for a merely habitable home brings the effective cost to about €477/m² versus a local benchmark of €413/m². The listing includes heating, balcony, terrace and cellar, but does not state the energy class or number of bathrooms.
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€9,000 – €14,000
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.
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 61/100The Peloritani mountains rise immediately inland, with short steep valleys running down to the Tyrrhenian coast. The Tyrrhenian Sea is about 6 km away and the Gulf of Milazzo is the main coastal reference nearby. Messina is the nearest city of size, with port, rail connections, hospitals and full services. Milazzo is the nearest substantial town to the west, with a port and a large everyday-service base. This stretch of the Messina province is known for hillside villages above the coast and for olive groves and citrus in the lower ground.