Casale/cascina in Contrada collesano Castanea delle furie s.n.c, Massa - Castanea, Messina,
Castanea - Tirrenia Immobiliare propone in vendita in contrada Collesano pressi P. zza SS Rosario un terreno di circa 6000 mq facilmente accessibile dalla strada provinciale all'interno del quale troviamo un deposito di circa 60 mq con corte annessa. La proprietà è dotata di vasca, ormai in disuso, di raccolta delle…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
- Land, with no house on it
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Listed as 'Farmhouse' with 2 rooms/2 beds, but the description clearly describes a 6000 sqm plot of land with a ~60 sqm 'deposito' (storage shed) and a disused rainwater tank. This is not a habitable dwelling. At EUR 1000/m2 it is over 2x the regional baseline median of EUR 432/m2, and the price is really for the land, not a home. No bathrooms, no energy class, and the structured facts contradict the actual listing. Converting a storage shed to habitable space would be a full build-out (~EUR 1000/m2+) and may face agricultural zoning constraints. Avoid unless buying purely for the land.
More on the house and the area
This is fundamentally raw/overgrown land (~6000 sqm) with a small 60 sqm storage shed, not a genuine farmhouse. Photos show a road sign, aerial views of scrubby untended plots, and distant hilltop town views. There is a pleasant Sicilian hill-town backdrop in a couple of shots, but nothing visually arresting. No stunning interior or exterior—there's effectively no building to speak of. The green rolling landscape is ordinary countryside. Price is reasonable for the land size but the 'farmhouse' framing is misleading. No standout wow factor.
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, €1,000/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €21,000
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.
- Listed as farmhouse but is essentially a 6000 sqm plot of land with a 60 sqm deposito (storage shed)
- No actual habitable dwelling shown in photos
- Structure needs renovation, no bathrooms, disused water tank
- Photos show overgrown land, not a building
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 55/100This is inside the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with Calabria visible across the water and ferry traffic to Villa San Giovanni and Reggio Calabria. The Peloritani rise immediately behind the city, forming short steep valleys and ridge roads within a few kilometres of the urban fabric. The nearest substantial natural landscape within the radius is the Peloritani range rather than a protected national park. Messina is the nearest city of size and has the port, the university, major services, rail connections and the cathedral area. The wider zone is known for its strait setting and for transport links between Sicily and the mainland.