Casa Indipendente in vendita a Monreale
Casa indipendente in vendita a Monreale, libera al rogito, con una superficie complessiva di 124 mq commerciali. Disposta su due livelli, l'abitazione si compone di 2 camere da letto e 2 bagni, offrendo spazi funzionali e ben distribuiti. Lo stato di conservazione è buono, ideale per chi cerca una soluzione abitativa…
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
At €75,000 for 124 sqm, the ask is €605/sqm; assuming a habitable-condition refresh (~€200/sqm), the effective cost is about €805/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €446/sqm, so it is not cheap on this dataset. The description supports livability (good condition, double-glazed windows, limited works needed), and being near Monreale cathedral is a small positive, but at 8 km from the sea the pricing still looks ordinary to slightly rich.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid, genuinely habitable townhouse with good space, two baths, and some warmth from the timber-beamed upper floor and independent-house feel. The setting is an ordinary town street rather than a scenic one, and the interiors are more practical than romantic, so the wow comes from livability and value rather than spectacle. At €75k for 124 sqm near Monreale’s cathedral, it feels like a believable home, not a rescue project.
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.
- No real view despite the balconies.
- Interiors are functional but fairly plain and dated.
- Tight street setting may mean less privacy/light on lower levels.
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 72/100The cluster is on the slopes above the Conca d’Oro west of Palermo, with Monte Caputo immediately above Monreale and the inland ridges of the Sicani and western Sicilian uplands starting not far to the south. Palermo and the Tyrrhenian coast are close by, but within the immediate 15 km radius the defining feature is the hill setting over the plain rather than open coast. Monreale itself has the cathedral and cloister with UNESCO status as part of Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale. Palermo is the nearest large city and provides the full range of services, rail links and airport access. The area is known for the historic mosaic cathedral and for citrus and olive cultivation on the slopes and plain.