Edificio in Strada Comunale Santa Lucia 33
Edificio Rurale in Vendita - Zona Sud Messina Scopri questa straordinaria opportunità immobiliare nella zona sud di Messina, precisamente in via Comunale Santa Lucia. Si tratta di un affascinante fabbricato rurale di circa 200 m² attualmente adibito a magazzino, situato al piano terra con accesso diretto dalla strada.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listing- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
Must be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €95,000, 200 m² rural building is currently used as a warehouse, not a dwelling, so its legal residential usability is the decisive risk. Even before renovation, the price is €475/m², with substantial conversion and restoration costs likely.
More on the house and the area
The 200 m² building has some old masonry, exposed brick, and arched openings that could support a characterful conversion. However, the interiors are entirely unfinished and warehouse-like, with bare concrete floors, deteriorated walls, exposed wiring, and no visible bathroom or kitchen, so this is a major renovation project rather than a livable cheap Italian home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€79,000 – €117,000
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.
- This is a raw warehouse/rural building, not a usable home: no kitchen, bathrooms, finished floors, or living spaces are shown.
- Extensive renovation is needed, including plumbing, electrical systems, finishes, windows/doors, and likely roof repairs.
- The building fronts directly onto a modest urban street, with no garden, terrace, or demonstrated view.
- Residential conversion, permits, structural condition, and utility connections require verification.
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 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.