Appartamento in Via Piombino, 3, Piazza del Popolo - Stazione - Via Etnea, Lentini,
Appartamento in Via Piombino, 3, Piazza del Popolo - Stazione - Via Etnea, Lentini,. Habitable, balcone.
What it really costs
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 (€615/m²), a habitable-home allowance of about €24,400 brings the effective cost to roughly €815/m²—about 69% above the local €482/m² reference. The listing has 15 photos and a balcony, but offers no clear location premium and does not state the building year or energy class.
More on the house and the area
A spacious, bright and genuinely habitable family apartment with a functional kitchen, multiple bedrooms, balcony access and well-maintained interiors. It is comfortable rather than visually exceptional: the setting is an ordinary urban street, with no proven sea view, garden or strong historic character.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Urban apartment block with no notable view or distinctive exterior character.
- Only one bathroom for a five-bedroom home.
- Traditional furnishings and finishes may need updating for a more contemporary feel.
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 cluster is in the plain around Lentini, between the Iblei foothills and the Ionian coast. The Simeto river plain and the Lentini–Biviere wetland area lie nearby, with flat agricultural land dominated by citrus groves. Mount Etna is a major presence on the northern horizon, but it is outside the 15 km landscape. The nearest larger city is Catania, which provides the main rail links, airport and services for the area. This part of eastern Sicily is known for blood oranges and other citrus cultivation.