Rustico/casale in Via Benuara
riferimento: LV64 CASALE BENUARA – UN’AUTENTICA PROPRIETÀ SICILIANA Ci sono proprietà che si possono descrivere attraverso metri quadrati, numero di ambienti e dimensioni del terreno. E poi ci sono luoghi che devono essere vissuti. Casale Benuara è uno di questi: un’autentica proprietà rurale siciliana, immersa nella natura e nella tranquillità della campagna, dove il tempo sembra...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €162/m², the asking price is 59% below the local €400/m² benchmark, but estimated renovation at €700/m² would bring the effective cost to about €862/m². The listing does not say whether the 400 m² farmhouse is habitable or requires major restoration, making the apparent discount highly uncertain.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€79,000 – €140,000
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.
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 55/100Coastal setting on the western tip of Sicily facing the Aegadian (Egadi) Islands. Monte Erice (the hill of Erice) and the medieval town of Erice lie above Trapani and are reachable by road and by the Trapani–Erice cable car (funivia). The Riserva Naturale Saline di Trapani e Paceco (salt pans) is a protected regional nature reserve a few kilometres inland of the coast and contains traditional saltworks and windmills. The Area Marina Protetta Isole Egadi protects the waters offshore; ferries run from Trapani to Favignana and Levanzo. Trapani–Birgi (Vincenzo Florio) airport is on the nearby plain and handles scheduled flights. The local economy and landscape include historic salt production, tuna fishing (tonnara) and active port/harbour facilities with passenger and fishing vessels.