Casa indipendente
Remax, nel comune di Lentini e più precisamente in Salita Pisano propone in vendita una casa indipendente composta da un ampio vano + bagnetto sito al piano primo e un comodo garage sottostante di circa 30mq. L'immobile si presenta in buono stato conservativo è ha un altezza del tetto di 4.90 cm quindi soppalcabile. La zona è servita da moltissime...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €18,000 for 50 sqm, the asking price is €360/sqm, but with a likely habitable/light-refresh cost of about €200/sqm the effective cost is ~€560/sqm, slightly above the Sicilia country-house baseline of €503/sqm. The main drag is usability: it is described as one large room plus small bathroom, with 0 bedrooms in the facts, so this looks more like a basic pied-à-terre/project than a comfortably livable house.
More on the house and the area
This is a real little house rather than a ruin: it has floors, plastered rooms, a bathroom, roof and a usable garage below. The appeal is modest but the high wood ceiling and old-town independent-house format give it a little character, and the €18k price helps. It looks habitable only after basic updating and furnishing, not like an immediately dreamy live-in home.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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.
- Very basic interior with likely no real kitchen shown
- Tiny narrow bathroom and limited current layout
- Facade and balcony need cosmetic refresh
- Street setting is dense/urban with no meaningful view or outdoor space
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 51/100The cluster lies on the Plain of Catania, with broad low agricultural land around the town and the foothills rising inland toward the Iblei. The San Leonardo river runs near Lentini, and the Lentini plain has long been used for citrus cultivation. Lake Lentini is close to the town; it is one of the larger artificial lakes in Sicily and part of the immediate landscape. Catania is the nearest large city, with full city services, a major rail station and the airport. This area is known above all for oranges and other citrus from the plain.