Casa indipendente in Via Cavour 79
Casa indipendente con grandi potenzialità nel cuore di Buscemi In via Cavour, a Buscemi, proponiamo una soluzione indipendente dalle ampie possibilità di personalizzazione, ideale per chi desidera investire in un immobile da ristrutturare e trasformare in una casa accogliente, valorizzandone ogni spazio secondo il…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €55,000 (€550/m²), the stated need for renovation adds roughly €70,000, bringing the effective cost to about €1,250/m² versus €408/m² for comparable Sicilian homes. The historic village setting is appealing, but the remote location and substantial works make this weak value unless renovation costs are much lower than expected.
More on the house and the area
A real, furnished multi-level home in an authentic Sicilian hill town, with a striking valley panorama, tiled rooftops, and a beautiful historic church directly opposite. It is roofed, floored, furnished, and apparently usable, but the dated finishes, old bathrooms, basic kitchen arrangements, and stated renovation needs keep it well 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.
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.
- Clearly dated interiors and bathrooms need modernization.
- The property is spread over multiple levels, with potentially awkward stairs and circulation.
- The listing explicitly says renovation work is needed; energy class G.
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 76/100The cluster sits in the Hyblaean uplands, a limestone plateau of dry valleys and low canyon country rather than high mountains. The Anapo valley and the gorges around Palazzolo Acreide are the main landscape feature within reach, and the area is close to the Cavagrande del Cassibile oriented reserve. Palazzolo Acreide itself has a substantial historic centre and is part of the late Baroque Val di Noto UNESCO listing. Syracuse is the nearest larger city with full services, rail connections and major archaeological sites. This part of southeastern Sicily is known for olive groves, stone-built hill towns and archaeological remains from the Greek and Roman periods.