Via Salvatore Badalamenti, 163, Cinisi
Tribunale: Palermo RGE: 391/2023 PVP: 4650029 Diritto di nuda proprietà per la quota di 1/1 e diritto di usufrutto per la quota di ½ di un appartamento di tipo economico sito al piano terra di una palazzina di tipo popolare con tre livelli fuori terra, nel Comune di Cinisi (PA) – via Salvatore Badalamenti n. 163,…
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
- Only a share of the property is for sale
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although priced at €27,600 (€268/m²) near the sea, this is a judicial auction involving nuda proprietà and a 50% usufruct, not a straightforward purchase of full vacant ownership. The advertised photos are explicitly indicative rather than real, adding significant buyer risk.
More on the house and the area
The illustrated interiors look bright, modern, and apparently habitable, but they do not prove the condition or appearance of this particular apartment. There is no verified Italian character, garden, terrace, or compelling view, and the usufruct arrangement makes it less clearly usable as an immediate home.
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€7,000 – €11,000
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.
- The listing explicitly says the photos are illustrative and not the actual property.
- The sale concerns bare ownership plus a 1/2 usufruct right, which may significantly limit immediate use or possession.
- Auction purchase requires careful verification of occupancy, legal status, utilities, and building condition.
- Energy class G suggests potentially high running costs.
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 61/100The coast of the Gulf of Castellammare is within the 15 km radius, with beach stretches around Magaggiari and the low limestone headland of Capo Rama, which is a WWF reserve. Inland, this part of western Sicily is a belt of low hills with citrus groves, olive land and scattered limestone relief. Palermo airport is next to the area and is a practical feature of daily life, but it does not change the landscape score. Partinico is the nearest larger town with everyday services, while Palermo is farther east for higher-order services and transport. The area is known for coastal agriculture and for access to the airport corridor on the west side of Palermo.