Casa indipendente in Via Giovanni Falcone 82
Casa in muratura Il fabbricato si erge su tre elevazioni. Ha una struttura in muratura. Al piano terra si compone di ampio ingresso, cucina, bagno e ripostiglio. Al piano primo e secondo vi si accede tramite scala comune. Al piano primo e secondo troviamo due camere da letto indipendenti con ripostiglio. Il fabbricato si trova in una posizione strategica,...
What it really costs
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At €35,000 for 120 sqm, the asking price is just €292/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €503/sqm in Sicilia. The description reads like a basic masonry house with bathroom and kitchen but no clear renovation claim, so I assume habitable/basic works at about €200/sqm, bringing the effective cost to about €492/sqm, still slightly below baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable stone town house rather than a shell: it has floors, stairs, kitchen, bathroom and furnished rooms, so you could renovate in stages. The best charm comes from the old stone facade and the patterned vintage floors in the stair hall and rooms. It feels structurally intact but quite tired, with modest balconies and no proven wow view, so the dream is more affordable authenticity than spectacle.
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 – €13,000
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.
- Interiors are very dated and need a full decorative refresh.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 3-storey, 5-bed house.
- Some balconies/exterior surfaces look worn and may need repair.
- Town setting is ordinary with no standout panoramic view proven.
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 Madonie mountains rise immediately around Caltavuturo. The Imera Settentrionale valley is nearby, and the Tyrrhenian coast is about 20 km away in a straight line but not part of the immediate landscape. The Parco delle Madonie lies within the area, with limestone massifs, wooded slopes and inland upland terrain. The nearest ski lifts are at Piano Battaglia in the Madonie, roughly 30–40 minutes by road depending on road conditions. The nearest larger town is Termini Imerese on the coast, while Cefalù is the best-known town in the wider area with services and rail connections, but both are outside the immediate upland setting. The area is known for mountain villages, pasture, woodland and Madonie inland landscapes.