Casa indipendente 7 locali, 124 m² in Via Roma 30, Mandanici
Casa indipendente in asta a Mandanici (ME) – Via Roma 30 (CAP 98020) L'immobile in asta è una casa indipendente situata nel comune di Mandanici (ME), in Via Roma n. 30. Si tratta di un fabbricato a tre elevazioni fuori terra, costruito prima del 1967, con struttura mista in cemento armato e muratura portante. La zona…
What it really costs
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is explicitly a judicial auction ("in asta"), which is a hard veto for this catalog and forces a trap score. Even aside from that, it is only described as habitable with some issues (rising damp and a non-compliant old gas tank), implying roughly €200/m² renovation on top of the €430/m² ask.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a ruin: multiple finished rooms, bathrooms, kitchen and internal stairs make it genuinely habitable. But the wow factor is low in the photos, with no proven view, terrace, garden or standout historic character, and the ground floor has visible moisture issues. The low price for 124 sqm helps, yet this feels more practical than dreamy.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Ground floor shows rising damp on perimeter walls.
- Old methane tank under the living room is disused and not compliant.
- Interiors are dated and would benefit from modernization.
- Auction listing: photos/details may not fully represent the property.
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.