Rustico, Casale in Vendita in Via Principe Umberto a Santa Teresa di Riva
Vendesi a Santa Teresa di Riva, nella frazione di Misserio, caratteristico piccolo borgo a pochi chilometri dal mare, vecchio casolare da ristrutturare su due livelli con al piano terra cantine e deposito ed al primo piano camere e ampio salone con zona pranzo. Giardino di proprieta annesso. S e di interesse possibilita di una lieve trattativa.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Farmhouse needs full renovation at 458 EUR/m2, only slightly above the local median of 431, so no pricing edge. Zero baths, no building year or energy class, and a ruin-like 'vecchio casolare da ristrutturare' imply heavy structural work (~700 EUR/m2). Total cost incl. renovation ~135k for a 120m2 two-level farmhouse with garden a few km from the sea is reasonable but not a standout. Slight negotiation possible per description. Fair at best given the weak baseline advantage and full-reno risk.
More on the house and the area
Old two-level farmhouse in a hillside hamlet near Santa Teresa di Riva. Photos show a run-down property: crumbling bench, peeling walls, overgrown garden and general neglect. Mild appeal from the citrus trees, greenery and mountain backdrop, but no standout interior or exterior. Cheap per m2 (€458) but requires complete renovation. Ordinary-to-poor visual impact; not a scroll-stopper.
Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €42,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Heavily deteriorated, needs full renovation
- Overgrown and partly abandoned appearance
- No bathrooms listed
- No sea distance or year data
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 62/100The cluster is on the Ionian side of the Peloritani hills above the lower valley of the Agrò, with short steep ridges and terraced slopes dropping toward the coast. The Ionian Sea is nearby, with the beaches and seafront settlements around Santa Teresa di Riva within a few kilometres downhill. The river in the immediate landscape is the Agrò and its valley links the hill villages to the coast. The nearest town of some size is Santa Teresa di Riva on the coast, which has daily services, shops and the railway. Taormina lies farther north along the coast and matters for jobs and access, but it is outside the immediate landscape. This part of the Messina province is known for small hill villages above the Ionian coast, citrus and olive cultivation on terraces, and strong road links between inland ridges and the seafront.