Casa singola in Vendita a Nicosia (EN) Via San Cataldo 13
Casa singola in Vendita a Nicosia (EN) Via San Cataldo 13. Needs renovation, balcone, terrazzo, parzialmente arredato.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €15,000 asking price is very low, but estimated renovation brings the total to about €78,000, or €867/m²—more than twice the local comparison level. The listing does not say the building year or energy class, and Nicosia is 30 km from the sea.
More on the house and the area
This €15,000 townhouse has a genuinely spectacular hillside setting, with panoramic views across Nicosia’s historic rooftops, rocky escarpments, and Sicilian mountains. Inside it appears to be a real furnished home with floors, rooms, and a roof rather than an empty shell, but substantial renovation and investigation of damp, roof condition, plumbing, and the missing/unclear kitchen are needed.
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€18,000 – €32,000
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.
- The roof and exterior masonry appear aged, weathered, and likely need repair.
- The interior is furnished and usable-looking, but the bathroom is very dated and no kitchen is clearly shown.
- Access is through steep, narrow cobbled streets, with limited immediate parking.
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 68/100The area is in the Erei mountains of central-northern Sicily, with a high hill landscape of grain fields, pasture and wooded slopes. The Salso valley lies below the town and the Nebrodi range begins to the north, with the southern edge of the Parco dei Nebrodi within this radius. The nearest skiing is at Piano Battaglia in the Madonie, roughly 1 hour 30 minutes by road, which is outside the local landscape. Nicosia itself is the main town nearby, with a large historic center, cathedral, hospital and everyday services for the surrounding inland area. The area is known for inland Sicilian hill country, cereals, livestock and mountain cheeses.