Casa indipendente Salita Montepiselli, 84, 98124 Messina ME
Casa indipendente Salita Montepiselli, 84, 98124 Messina ME, costituita da un appartamento posto al piano terra e annesso giardino, e precisamente: appartamento consistenza 4 vani, cat. A/4 superficie catastale 55 mq, e giardino con veranda consistenza 30 mq. Per maggiori informazioni puoi contattare il nostro…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is explicitly an auction listing ("proposta immobiliare in asta", "asta giudiziaria"), which is a veto red flag for this catalog. Although the ask is €34,568 (€407/m²) versus a €445/m² baseline and the home is near the sea, auction risk overrides pricing.
More on the house and the area
This looks like a very ordinary ground-floor townhouse on a narrow urban street, with the only appealing feature being a usable small garden/veranda terrace. The one real interior photo suggests it may be basically habitable, but there is almost no trustworthy documentation of the actual rooms. At this price and near the sea it may be practical value, but it is not a strong dream-home visual.
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€6,000 – €9,000
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.
- Listing says published photos may not correspond to the specific property
- Auction sale adds procedural and occupancy/condition uncertainty
- Real interior condition is barely documented
- No bathroom is confirmed in the facts
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with the Peloritani immediately behind the city and the Ionian and Tyrrhenian coasts meeting in the wider area. The nearest extensive mountain landscape is the Peloritani range, with wooded ridges and small upland villages within a short drive. The nearest town of size is Messina itself, which has a major port, university, hospitals, rail and ferry connections to Calabria, and the city’s setting is shaped more by dense urban fabric and transport infrastructure than by open countryside. Taormina and the larger scenery of Etna are outside the 15 km landscape and do not raise the score. Messina is known for the strait crossing and for its port.