Casa Indipendente in vendita a Motta Sant'Anastasia
Casa Indipendente in vendita a Motta Sant'Anastasia. Needs renovation, garage, balcone, terrazzo, impianto tv con parabola satellitare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €29,000 asking price is already €558/m² versus a local median of €412/m², and estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,258/m². The garage, balcony and terrace add appeal, but they do not offset the renovation burden and above-market entry price.
More on the house and the area
A cheerful terracotta townhouse in a dense Sicilian hill-town setting, with generous balconies, a rooftop terrace structure, garage, and a glimpse toward the landscape or sea through the street. The interiors are solid and floored rather than a ruin, but plainly dated and needing renovation, so this is a low-cost character home/project rather than a move-in-ready dream house.
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€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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Interior needs renovation, with dated finishes and visible wall deterioration.
- Kitchen and bathroom functionality are not clearly shown; verify utilities and systems.
- Dense urban setting with little or no private outdoor space at ground level.
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 38/100Mount Etna rises to the north and is the dominant landform of this part of the Catania plain. The Simeto river runs nearby across the plain. The cluster lies on the western side of the built-up Catania area, in lowland country of roads, logistics sites and cultivated land around the airport corridor. Paternò is the nearest larger town inland, and Catania is close by with the full services of a provincial capital and airport. Motta Sant'Anastasia is known for its Norman tower on a volcanic neck above the plain.