Villa unifamiliare in Sant'Angelo di Brolo
Riferimento: VRV22978 Proponiamo in vendita una Villa Unifamiliare di 144 mq, disposta su due livelli: piano terra e primo piano. L’immobile gode di tripla esposizione e dispone di giardino privato, spazio esterno che valorizza la vivibilità della soluzione. Il piano terra, già abitabile, è composto da ingresso su…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €75,000 asking price is €521/m², already above the local €374/m² benchmark, and the unfinished upper floor adds an estimated €72,000 in completion work. The habitable ground floor, garden, garage and location about 5 km from the sea add value, but the estimated all-in cost is roughly €1,021/m².
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine, usable home rather than a shell, with a fully equipped kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, ceramic floors, and bright openings toward a green hillside view. The private garden and 144 sqm of potential space are attractive at this price, but the unfinished upper floor and fairly plain, dated interiors keep it below 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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€17,000 – €28,000
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.
- The first floor is unfinished and requires completion, despite an approved project.
- Only the ground floor is shown as habitable; heating is listed as merely prearranged.
- The interiors are functional but dated, with modest finishes and no standout historic character.
- Confirm utilities, access, garden condition, and the exact nature of the two parking spaces.
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 71/100The cluster is in the Nebrodi hills, with the Nebrodi range rising inland within the local landscape. The valley system here drains toward the Tyrrhenian, and the coast between Brolo and Patti is a short drive away, with views across to the Aeolian Islands in clear weather from higher ground. The Parco dei Nebrodi begins inland and is within the surrounding area of Sant’Angelo di Brolo. The nearest sizeable town is Patti, which has everyday services, a rail station and the archaeological area of Tindari farther west on its coastal headland. This part of the Nebrodi is known for olive groves, hazelnuts and hill villages set between the coast and the mountains.