Palazzo - Edificio in Ventimiglia di Sicilia
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €25,000 (€250/m²), the estimated renovation cost brings the effective price to about €95,000, or €950/m²—well above the local €375/m² comparison level. The multi-level layout and terrace offer potential, but the property needs substantial work and is 11 km from the sea.
More on the house and the area
A characterful Sicilian townhouse with decorative plasterwork, traditional wooden shutters, iron balconies, and a potentially appealing roof terrace with a pizza oven. It appears to be a real, roofed home rather than a ruin, but the advertised renovation need and lack of interior photos keep it in the charming fixer-upper range rather than dream-home territory.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Needs substantial renovation despite having a standing multi-level structure and two bathrooms.
- Dense urban setting with no visible landscape or sea view.
- Interior condition, kitchen usability, utilities, and terrace quality are not shown in the photos.
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 52/100The area is in the inland hills east of Palermo, with cultivated slopes and low ridges rather than high mountains. The Eleuterio valley and the first reliefs of the Sicilian interior shape the surroundings, and the Tyrrhenian coast is close but not part of the immediate landscape from most inland points here. Palermo is the nearest major city and provides the full range of services, rail links, hospitals, universities and the main airport for western Sicily. This part of the province is known for grain fields, olive groves and small hill settlements.