Villa in Contrada Don Cola
Riferimento: VRV23024 Proponiamo in vendita una Villa Unifamiliare in buone condizioni di 90 mq, disposta interamente al piano terra. L’immobile gode di quadrupla esposizione, caratteristica che favorisce un’ottima luminosità e una buona aerazione naturale degli ambienti. Internamente è composto da ingresso,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the villa is described as being in good condition, its estimated effective cost is about €1,300/m², versus roughly €372/m² for comparable low-cost homes in the area. The independent layout and parking are positives, but the asking price is substantially above the local value benchmark.
More on the house and the area
This is a clean, clearly livable single-level villa with a functional kitchen, three bedrooms, bathroom, furnishings, and good natural light. Its main appeal is practicality rather than dream-home beauty: the interiors are generic and dated, with no proven outdoor space, historic character, or special view.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- No exterior, garden, terrace, or view is shown in the gallery.
- Energy class G suggests potentially high running costs.
- The interior is usable but fairly dated and visually ordinary.
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 53/100The cluster sits in the inland hills east of Palermo, in the upper valley system that feeds the Eleuterio and Milicia rivers, with cultivated slopes, scrub and low limestone ridges typical of this side of the Palermitan hinterland. Monte Jato and the first reliefs of the Sicani direction are within the wider inland horizon, but the immediate landscape is mainly agricultural hill country rather than a single named scenic formation. Palermo is the nearest large city and provides the full set of services, rail links, port and airport access. The area is known locally for olive groves, cereal land and dispersed rural settlement in the hills behind the north coast.