Villa in Contrada mortaro s.n.c, C. Piano Inferno - C. Margi-, Partinico,
RUDERE PIU' TERRENO AGRICOLO - In Contrada Mortaro, a pochi passi dalla Via Madonna del Ponte e non troppo distante dal comune di Trappeto, si propone la vendita di un interessante rudere d circa 120 mq posizionato su 9.000 mq di terreno agricolo. Il terreno è pianeggiante ed incolto. La strada di accesso è comoda ed…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description explicitly says 'rudere' on 9,000 sqm of agricultural land, so this is not a straightforward livable house and carries major legal/technical risk. Even before verification, €65,000 + heavy restoration (~€1,100/sqm) puts the effective cost around €1,620/sqm versus a €387/sqm baseline, making it a poor buy.
More on the house and the area
The wide Sicilian countryside and mountain backdrop give it some dreaminess, and the large plot adds lifestyle potential. But the building shown is essentially a raw concrete shell with open voids and no visible habitable interior, so this is a project rather than a home you could realistically live in soon. At the price and size it has land-value appeal, but the wow is capped hard by condition.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€50,000 – €73,000
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.
- Appears to be a bare, unfinished shell rather than a usable house
- No fitted windows/doors or visible finished interior spaces
- Likely requires full renovation and utility verification
- Rural dirt-road access and isolated setting may be inconvenient
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 52/100The area lies on the Gulf of Castellammare coast, with low coastal hills and cultivated plain behind them. The coast near Partinico and Balestrate is a built-up shoreline with beaches and small stretches of rocky coast. The nearest larger centre is Palermo, which provides the full range of city services, port and airport links. Segesta and the hills inland toward Alcamo are reachable beyond the immediate radius, but they do not define the landscape around the cluster. The area is known for vineyards, olive groves and other citrus and mixed agriculture of western Sicily.