Soluzione semindipendente con vista panoramica a Santa Lucia del Mela. .
L'immobile offre una distribuzione degli spazi funzionale ed è composto da un accogliente soggiorno, una cucina, tre camere da letto e un bagno, garantendo ambienti comodi e ben organizzati per tutta la famiglia. A rendere questa proprietà ancora più interessante sono gli ulteriori vani allo stato rustico, che…
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 €39,000 for 151 sqm, the asking price is just €258/sqm; adding an estimated light-to-medium completion/upgrade cost of about €300/sqm for the habitable house plus rustic rooms gives an effective cost near €558/sqm, versus a low-stock baseline of €446/sqm. The price is attractive for Sicily and the 22 photos help credibility, but the 'vani allo stato rustico' mean this is not turnkey and the discount is not deep enough to be exceptional.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable townhouse rather than a shell: there is a functioning kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and a lived-in main floor. The best wow comes from the balcony view over the hills with a glimpse of sea, while the house itself is plain and very dated rather than beautiful. The unfinished rustico level adds potential, but it also means part of the 151 sqm still needs substantial work.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €300/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€15,000 – €25,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated and will need cosmetic updating.
- Part of the property is still in raw rustico condition and is not immediately usable living space.
- Only one bathroom is shown.
- Street-front setting is ordinary, with limited exterior charm beyond the balcony outlook.
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 56/100The Peloritani foothills rise immediately inland, with mixed hills and low mountains above the Tyrrhenian plain. The Mela river valley is the main local corridor to the coast. Milazzo is the nearest town of size, with a port, a substantial historic centre and the peninsula facing the Aeolian Islands. The wider area is known for citrus, olives and vineyards, and for the industrial belt around the Milazzo plain and Augusta–Messina coastal corridor.