Villa o villino in vendita a Bolognetta
Villa indipendente in vendita a Bolognetta, libera al rogito, situata al piano terra. La proprietà si sviluppa su una superficie di 100 mq ed è composta da 5 locali, così composta: soggiorno cucina, salone, 2 camere da letto, un bagno.L'immobile comprende anche una dependance con bagno con doccia e ripostiglio ed un…
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 €89,000 for 111 sqm, the ask is about €802/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of ~€200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €1,002/sqm, far above the low internal baseline of €388/sqm for Sicilian villas. The listing has strong presentation (54 photos, clear description, terrace/garden/dependance) and no legal red flags, but on pure numbers it looks ordinary-to-weak for this catalog.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable home rather than a project: the villa looks maintained, furnished, and ready to live in, with generous outdoor space and mountain views. The setting has some appeal thanks to the land and open outlook, but the house itself is visually fairly ordinary and more practical than dreamy. Good value for the size and independence, though it lacks the romantic Italian character that creates a true scroll-stopper.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Exterior is quite plain and heavily paved rather than picturesque.
- Interiors are fully usable but dated in style and need cosmetic updating.
- Only one main bathroom in the house photos; layout/annex use should be checked.
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 53/100The cluster sits in the inland hills east of Palermo, in the upper valley system that feeds the Eleuterio and Milicia rivers, with cultivated slopes, scrub and low limestone ridges typical of this side of the Palermitan hinterland. Monte Jato and the first reliefs of the Sicani direction are within the wider inland horizon, but the immediate landscape is mainly agricultural hill country rather than a single named scenic formation. Palermo is the nearest large city and provides the full set of services, rail links, port and airport access. The area is known locally for olive groves, cereal land and dispersed rural settlement in the hills behind the north coast.