Casa indipendente in Via girazia, 3, Spadafora,
SAN MARTINO- FRAZIONE DI SPADAFORA (ME) Se stai cercando una casa dal sapore autentico, lontana dal caos cittadino e immersa nella tranquillità di un caratteristico borgo siciliano, questa potrebbe essere la soluzione che aspettavi. Proponiamo in vendita una spaziosa abitazione indipendente di circa 154 mq catastali.…
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 €325/m², the €50,000 asking price is 16% below the €389/m² Sicilian baseline, with strong evidence from 38 photos and a habitable 154 m² villa only 2 km from the sea. Allowing roughly €200/m² for updates brings the effective cost to about €525/m², making this a solid but not exceptional deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable 154 sqm home with a spacious kitchen, two bathrooms, fireplace, generous rooms, and a highly appealing furnished terrace. The rooftop/terrace outlook over the Sicilian village rooftops toward the sea is the standout feature, while the €50,000 price gives it strong dream-home appeal. The interiors are dated rather than renovated, but the property appears solid and liveable rather than a project.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated, with visible peeling paint and likely cosmetic updating needed.
- Energy performance and running costs are not provided.
- The home is in a hillside hamlet, so access and everyday car dependence should be checked.
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 67/100The Peloritani hills rise immediately inland of Rometta, with short steep valleys running down to the Tyrrhenian coast. The Tyrrhenian Sea is at the foot of the area, and this stretch of coast faces the Aeolian Islands on clear days. Rometta sits on the Messina side of the north Sicilian coast, with Milazzo the nearest larger town for everyday services and ferry links, and Messina reachable for the full range of city services and rail connections. This coast is known for citrus, olives and small seaside settlements backed by low mountains.