V557-villetta indipendente in contrada modichella
V557-VILLETTA INDIPENDENTE IN CONTRADA MODICHELLA. Needs renovation, garage, esposizione esterna, accesso per disabili, parzialmente arredato.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
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The €71/m² asking price looks exceptionally low, but renovating 630 m² at roughly €700/m² implies about €441,000 in works, bringing the effective cost to approximately €771/m² versus a local reference of €372/m². The brief description does not explain the renovation scope, age, or energy performance, which adds uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
A solid, characterful rural villa with a covered veranda, mature fruit trees, planted grounds, and a lovely distant hill-and-valley outlook. The main rooms are furnished and usable, including a kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, and good floors, but the interiors are basic and dated, with at least one rough unfinished area requiring work.
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€125,000 – €221,000
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.
- Clearly dated and in need of renovation or modernization.
- One ancillary room appears rough, damp-stained, and unfinished.
- Utilities, heating, insulation, and energy performance are not shown.
- The large rural grounds may require substantial ongoing maintenance.
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 55/100Monte Bonifato rises immediately above Alcamo and is protected as the Bosco di Alcamo reserve. The Gulf of Castellammare and the Tyrrhenian coast are about 6 km away, with beaches around Alcamo Marina and Castellammare del Golfo within the local area. Segesta lies nearby with the Doric temple, theatre and archaeological park in the inland hills. Castellammare del Golfo is the nearest substantial coastal town and provides a marina and everyday services. This part of western Sicily is known for vineyards and wine production around Alcamo.