Bagheria – Centro Storico | Palazzina indipendente
CHIAMA ORA ! Tel.0912403076 RIF ANNUNCIO: V0335 Immobiliare Cascino propone in vendita, nel cuore del centro storico di Bagheria, a pochi passi da Corso Butera e Corso Umberto, una palazzina indipendente disposta su due livelli (piano terra e primo piano), con terrazzo di copertura. L'immobile sviluppa una superficie…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the listing say habitable, the description explicitly says 'da ristrutturare', so I applied a renovation cost of about €700/m2. Effective price is about €87,000 total (~€1,450/m2), well above the local stock baseline of €446/m2, but the independent townhouse format, historic-center position, and 3 km from the sea support a still-decent score.
More on the house and the area
This is a functional small town property rather than a dream-home visual hit. The photos show a basic, habitable interior with floors, bathroom and balcony, but it is plain and dated and clearly needs work to feel comfortable. At €45k the price helps, yet there is little scenic or character wow.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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.
- Needs renovation and finishing despite being basically usable.
- No real view; balconies face narrow town streets and nearby buildings.
- Very small rooms and split over two independent levels, which may limit practical living.
- Street setting looks dense/noisy with little privacy.
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 Bagheria on the Tyrrhenian side east of Palermo, so the lived setting is a dense coastal town rather than open countryside. The Tyrrhenian coast is a few kilometres away at the Bagheria-Aspra shoreline, with short stretches of rocky coast and small coves around Capo Zafferano. Monte Catalfano rises immediately above the coast and is protected as the Monte Catalfano nature reserve. Palermo is the nearest city of size, with the full range of services, rail links and cultural sites.