Casa indipendente in Corso Vittorio Emanuele 82
Buscemi Immobile indipendente con dammuso da ristrutturare Nel caratteristico borgo di Buscemi, nel cuore dei Monti Iblei, proponiamo in vendita una proprietà interamente da ristrutturare, composta da un immobile indipendente con un salone, un’ampia camera e da un caratteristico dammuso. La soluzione offre interessanti…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the €15,000 asking price is low, the property is explicitly entirely to renovate: estimated total cost reaches about €87,600, or €1,327/m², versus a local reference of €409/m². The listing does not say whether utilities, bathrooms, or structural elements are usable, adding uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
The home has authentic Sicilian borgo character, with steep cobbled streets, balconies, and a traditional vaulted dammuso room. However, it is clearly a major renovation project rather than a usable home today, with worn interiors, a primitive kitchen, and no listed bathroom.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€26,000 – €39,000
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.
- Entirely to be renovated, with severe peeling and damp-looking interior finishes.
- No bathroom is shown or listed; the kitchen is extremely basic and likely requires replacement.
- No clear evidence of modern systems, heating, or turnkey habitability.
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.