Casa indipendente Contrada Acqua del Conte, 98124 Messina
Asta casa indipendente a Messina (ME) [SY621608] Contrada Acqua del Conte, 98124 Messina Italia, Messina Fabbricato ad una elevazione fuori terra ubicato in Contrada Acqua del Conte di Messina al di sopra del viale Principe Umberto e con accesso esclusivamente pedonale. L'appartamento confina con altra particella di…
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 €23,046 Messina townhouse is offered through a judicial auction, so it is not a normal purchase and carries bidding, documentation, and occupancy risks. The advertised €419/m² is below the local €445/m² reference, but the listing warns that the photos may not show the specific property.
More on the house and the area
The setting offers an urban Messina hillside location with a glimpse toward the sea and a very low asking price. However, the gallery is dominated by maps, advertisements, and apparently generic interiors, while the actual house is only seen in blurry aerial images; despite being described as habitable, its real livability and visual appeal remain unproven.
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€4,000 – €6,000
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.
- The listing explicitly warns that the published photos may not correspond to this property.
- Access is exclusively pedestrian through a shared gate, which may be inconvenient for moving, parking, and deliveries.
- This is an auction property, so legal, occupancy, and condition details require careful verification.
- No bathroom or interior condition is reliably demonstrated in the gallery.
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 inside the built-up area of Messina on the Strait of Messina, with the Peloritani mountains rising immediately behind the city. The coast here is the urban waterfront of the strait rather than a resort shore. The nearest substantial town is Messina itself, with a major port, ferry links to Calabria, a university, hospitals and full city services. This stretch of the strait is known for ferry traffic and for the narrow sea passage between Sicily and the Italian mainland.