Casa indipendente in Via Principe Umberto 14
A Buscemi, in via Principe Umberto, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente, caratterizzata da ambienti spaziosi, elementi tipici della tradizione siciliana e un terrazzino con una splendida vista sul paese e sul paesaggio circostante. L’immobile dispone di due camere matrimoniali, una camera da pranzo, un'ampia…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €25,000 (€116/m²), this 216 m² independent Sicilian home is deeply discounted against comparable stock at €403/m². Allowing roughly €450/m² for the unspecified repair work puts the all-in cost near €122,000 (€565/m²), so the low entry price is attractive but renovation scope must be verified.
More on the house and the area
A remarkably cheap, spacious Sicilian town house with a terrace overlooking Buscemi and the surrounding landscape, plus an authentic traditional dammuso and attractive old tiled floors. It is a real, roofed and usable home with bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom—not an empty shell—but it needs meaningful refreshing, especially for damp, finishes and outdated services.
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.
Our read of the photos, €450/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€25,000 – €42,000
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.
- Visible damp, peeling plaster and staining suggest substantial cosmetic and possibly moisture-related work.
- The kitchen and bathroom are very dated, with only one bathroom for a 216 sqm home.
- Roof, terrace waterproofing and electrical/plumbing systems should be professionally checked.
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.