Casa indipendente in Corso Vittorio Emanuele 82
Buscemi Casa indipendente di circa 80 mq con dammuso, da ristrutturare A Buscemi, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente di circa 80 mq, composta da un appartamento e un caratteristico dammuso, ideale per chi cerca un immobile da trasformare secondo i propri gusti e le proprie esigenze. La proprietà necessita di…
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
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €15,000 (€190/m²), the complete renovation could add roughly €86,900, bringing the effective cost to about €1,290/m²—far above the local €409/m² benchmark. The listing is clear about the work required, but it does not state bathroom count, building details, or renovation feasibility, and Buscemi is inland rather than a high-demand coastal location.
More on the house and the area
This €15,000 Buscemi house has striking historic character, decorative painted ceilings, old Sicilian details, a rooftop outlook, and a dramatic baroque town setting. However, it is a full-renovation project rather than a usable home today, with worn interiors, damp and cracking, and no listed bathroom; the bargain is compelling mainly for someone ready to restore it.
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€31,000 – €46,000
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.
- Complete renovation is required, including likely bathroom and kitchen installation.
- Visible damp, cracking, deteriorated plaster, and rough ancillary spaces suggest substantial building work.
- No bathroom is listed, and the condition of utilities and structural elements is unclear.
- Town-center access is via steep cobbled streets.
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.