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Villa in Via Comunale Santo Vico 1

Messina, Sicilia
Bedrooms
1
Baths
1
55
Price per m²
€509
Property type
Villa
Rooms
2 locali

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What it really costs

Condition not stated in the listing
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Why this price is what it is

At €28,000 for 55 sqm, the ask is €509/sqm; with needed renovation estimated at ~€700/sqm, effective cost is about €1,209/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €387/sqm. The sea location near Messina (+2 km) helps, but this is mainly a cheap entry-price renovation project rather than a deep-discount bargain after works.

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

This is mainly a cheap small independent house rather than a dream-home listing. The photos show a basic exterior and a worn, damaged interior that needs substantial renovation, with no view or standout historic charm visible.

Minimum to live in it350500/m²
€19,000 – €28,000

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.

This house
Comfortable
€33,000 – €50,000

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

Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.

Full1,2001,500/m²
€66,000 – €83,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€11,000 – €20,000

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.

Asking price + this range
€61,000 – €78,000
What worries us about this house
  • Needs full renovation before it is realistically livable
  • Interior shows visible damp/damage and stripped-out kitchen area
  • Street setting is plain with no meaningful view shown
  • Very limited photo set, so character and layout are unclear

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 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.

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
81 min drive
Nearest city
19 min drive
Property address:Via Comunale Santo Vico 1
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Asking price

28,000
Deal score
64/100
Wow
31/100

Listed 07/08/2026