Casa indipendente in Via Sambataro Salv. 8
In Via Sambataro (Santa maria di Licodia) Sparta Immobiliare propone in vendita Casa Indipendente tot. mq 130 c. a. composta da: Piano terra mq 40 c. a. - 1 vano salone, cucina semi-abitabile e bagno. Piano ammezzato mq 10 c. a. - ripostiglio. Piano Primo mq 40 c. a. - ingresso, 1 vano letto, cameretta. Piano Secondo mq 10 c. a. vano forno e terrazzo mq 30 c. a. stesso livello.
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At €30,000 (€231/m²), the asking price is well below the local €407/m² benchmark, but the listing does not say whether the house is habitable or renovated. Allowing roughly €700/m² for an uncertain multi-level renovation brings the effective cost to about €730/m², making it an ordinary-to-weak deal unless the condition is better than implied.
More on the house and the area
A substantial, independent Sicilian house with an attractive wrought-iron balcony, traditional shutters, terrazzo floors, and a generous rooftop terrace. It is a genuine furnished home with kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, and living space rather than a renovation shell, though the interiors are old-fashioned and the surrounding streetscape is dense rather than picturesque.
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€26,000 – €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.
- Interiors are fully usable but distinctly dated and would benefit from cosmetic renovation.
- The kitchen and bathroom appear basic and old-fashioned.
- Urban setting with no private garden; the terrace is the main outdoor asset.
- Only one bathroom is listed for the 130 sqm house.
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 84/100Mount Etna is directly above Biancavilla on the south-west side of the volcano. The Parco dell'Etna begins just uphill, with lava fields, pine and chestnut woods, and the higher volcanic slopes inside the daily landscape. The Simeto river valley lies nearby below the town. The nearest developed Etna ski area is around Rifugio Sapienza on the south side, roughly an hour by road, and Piano Provenzana on the north-east side is farther. Adrano and Paternò are the nearest larger towns, with the usual services and rail connections toward Catania. This area is known for Etna viticulture, pistachios and other agriculture on volcanic soils.