Terratetto unifamiliare in Floresta
Vendesi casa su tre livelli più sottotetto, sita in via Garibaldi, 35 a Floresta (ME), così composta: Piano terra: salotto, entratina e bagno. Piano primo: camera da letto e cameretta. Piano secondo: soggiorno, sala da pranzo, cucina e locale lavanderia con forno. Piano sottotetto: adibito a locale di sgombero.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 for 110 sqm, the asking price is about €409/sqm; assuming a habitable house needing light updates (~€200/sqm), the effective cost is about €609/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €440/sqm. The price is ordinary rather than deeply discounted, but it is a usable 2-bath townhouse with heating and 10 photos, so it still looks like a solid buy.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a shell: it has finished rooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and lived-in spaces over several levels. But the visuals are plain and tired, with dated finishes, dark rooms, and a worn facade, so it feels more practical bargain than dream-home wow.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Exterior needs repainting and general refresh
- Interiors are dated and quite dark
- No view, terrace, garden, or notable setting shown
- Likely needs modernization of kitchen, baths, and finishes
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 78/100The cluster is in the Nebrodi Mountains. The Nebrodi Regional Park is within the local area, with beech woods, pasture and mountain ridges around Floresta. This part of the Messina interior is close to the headwaters and upper valleys that descend toward the Tyrrhenian side. The nearest ski area is Piano Provenzana on Etna, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes by road, so it is not part of the immediate landscape. The nearest town of some size is Randazzo, with services and a built historic centre in lava stone, and Sant'Agata di Militello on the coast is the main larger service centre on the Tyrrhenian side. The area is known for high-altitude pasture, porcini mushrooms and Nebrodi black pig farming.