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Rudere con spazio esterno

Messina, Sicilia
Bedrooms
2
Baths
1
80
Price per m²
€563
Property type
Farmhouse
Rooms
3 locali

Faro Superiore. Via Michele Barbi, pressi via S. Antonio. Rudere di 80 metri quadri con spazio esterno. Si presenta completamente da ristrutturare in base alle proprie esigenze e con ottime potenzialità. Chiamaci in agenzia allo 0902131075 per fissare il tuo appuntamento o scrivi direttamente a Domenico su whatsApp al 3515759890

What it really costs

Can you move in?

Not before the basics are done

In the listingNeeds renovation
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Why this price is what it is

The listing explicitly says 'rudere' and 'completamente da ristrutturare', so I treat it as a ruin/to-restore project at about EUR 1,100/m2 renovation cost. Effective cost is roughly EUR 1,662/m2 (45,000 + 88,000 over 80 sqm), far above the low stock baseline of EUR 433/m2 despite being only 2 km from the sea.

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

This is a cheap village-edge project rather than a dream home as shown. The photos only prove a worn exterior and entrance, with no view or standout character, and the description explicitly calls it a rudere to be fully renovated.

Comfortable600900/m²
€48,000 – €72,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

This house
Full
€96,000 – €120,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€32,000 – €47,000

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.

Connections and paperworkabout €10,000

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.

Asking price + this range + connections
€151,000 – €175,000
What worries us about this house
  • Listed as a rudere and completely to renovate
  • No interior photos, so livability is unproven
  • Street setting is plain with limited curb appeal
  • Outdoor space appears small and overgrown

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 55/100

The cluster is in the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with the Peloritani mountains rising immediately behind the city. The Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts meet around the strait, and the shoreline here is part of daily life, but this is an urban port setting rather than an isolated coastal landscape. The nearest substantial mountain area is the Peloritani range, with ridges, wooded slopes and small hill villages above the city. Messina itself is a major provincial capital with ferry port infrastructure, a university, major services and a large urban waterfront. The strait is known for its strong currents and for views across to Calabria.

The comune of Messina
People living here
217,033
-9.1% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
24%
12% are under 14
Flood zone
1.7%
of residents live in a medium-risk flood area
How far to everything
To the sea
2 km
Nearest airport
89 min drive
Property address:Via Sant'Antonio
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Asking price

45,000
Deal score
18/100
Wow
26/100

Listed 30/07/2026