Vicolo Tommaso Campanella, 6, Marsala
Vicolo Tommaso Campanella, 6, Marsala. Habitable, autonomo heating, 800 m from the sea.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €62,410 (€301/m²), the home looks inexpensive, but allowing about €41,400 for habitable-condition updates brings the effective cost to roughly €502/m², slightly above the local €482/m² benchmark. Its 800 m proximity to the sea is a clear positive, though the listing does not say how many bathrooms it has.
More on the house and the area
This is an unusually large 207 sqm apartment at a very low price, with bright renovated-looking interiors and proximity to the sea. However, the building and surroundings are plain urban, and the gallery suggests a mix of finished and seriously dated rooms rather than a consistently move-in-ready 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€14,000 – €23,000
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 gallery is inconsistent: some rooms look freshly renovated while another is dark, dusty, and dated.
- No bathroom is recorded in the facts, despite one bathroom photo; verify the actual count and condition.
- Dense urban surroundings offer no visible view, garden, terrace, or distinctive Italian historic character.
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Marsala, so the resident setting is urban fabric on the low western Sicilian coast. The Stagnone lagoon lies immediately north, with the Isola di Mozia in the lagoon. The coast here is flat and salt-pan country rather than cliffed shore. Trapani is the nearest larger town and Palermo airport is the main airport used for the area. Marsala is known for its fortified wine and for the saline landscape of the Stagnone.