Via Sardegna, 133, Paternò
Tribunale: Catania RGE: 790/2023 PVP: 4647358 Appartamento sito a Paternò (CT) via Sardegna 133, scala A piano secondo, composto di tre vani, ampio salone, cucina abitabile, ingresso, corridoio, ripostiglio, bagno e lavanderia, con due balconi esterni, uno prospicente il lato esterno ed uno verso la chiostrina…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a judicial auction, which carries significant purchase and occupancy risk and is excluded from normal livable-home deals. The advertised 120 m² is only an estimate, the photos are not of the actual property, and the effective cost is about €739/m² before auction-specific risks.
More on the house and the area
The pictured apartment looks spacious, bright, clean and broadly move-in ready, with attractive modern flooring, a renovated bathroom and outdoor balcony/terrace space. However, it is a fairly ordinary urban apartment with no distinctive historic character or proven scenic view, and the listing warns that these images are not the real property photos.
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€8,000 – €13,000
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 listing is an auction property, so the purchase process and legal/occupancy status require careful verification.
- The advertisement explicitly says the photos are indicative and not of the actual apartment.
- The €64,687 price and 120 sqm measurement are estimates or advertised figures that should be checked against the official appraisal.
- Energy class G implies potentially high heating and running costs.
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 62/100Mount Etna rises immediately to the north, and the Simeto River runs by Paternò. The cluster lies in the broad cultivated plain at the western edge of the Catania plain, with Etna dominating the skyline rather than inside the built-up mountain belt. The Parco dell'Etna begins farther up the volcano and is not in the immediate plain around the town. The nearest town of major size is Catania, with a full city range of services, rail links, port and airport. Paternò is known locally for its Norman castle on the hill above the town and for citrus and other agriculture of the Simeto plain.