Appartamento in Corso Sicilia 109
VENDITA -Riff: AP409. Il presente annuncio riguarda la vendita di un appartamento in buone condizioni a San Cataldo Corso Sicilia al civico 109, zona centrale. L'immobile è collocato al secondo piano servito di ascensore. La sua superficie è di 157 metri quadrati, distribuiti in 7,5 vani. La disposizione interna…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €83,000 (€529/m²), the asking price is only slightly above the local comparison level, and estimated light updating brings the effective cost to roughly €729/m². The central location, elevator, balconies, heating and double-glazed windows are positives, but energy class G and the lack of a major discount limit the upside.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, solid-looking and apparently usable apartment with generous rooms, balconies, patterned tile floors, elevator access, autonomous heating, and good natural light. Its central urban setting is practical rather than dreamy, and the unfinished-looking kitchen and dated interiors keep it in the charming, value-oriented category rather than making it a standout Italian 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€10,000 – €18,000
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 kitchen appears unfinished or stripped of cabinetry and appliances.
- The apartment is empty and will need furnishing plus cosmetic updating.
- Urban surroundings offer balconies and light but no distinctive scenic view; energy class G.
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 49/100The area is inland central Sicily, with cultivated hills and badland-like clay slopes in parts of the Caltanissetta countryside. Caltanissetta is the nearest town of size, with the province’s main services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. This part of the interior is known for grain farming and for the former sulphur-mining landscape of central Sicily.