Casa indipendente
Re/Max presenta in vendita a Favara in via Pisacane 17, un immobile commerciale indipendente dalle generose metrature, ideale per chi cerca un investimento con alto potenziale. Caratteristiche principali: - Superficie: 440 mq su unico livello - Tipologia: Indipendente - Condizioni: Da ristrutturare - Destinazione:…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description explicitly says this is an 'immobile commerciale' suited for supermarket/showroom/gym/offices, not a dwelling, so it fails the habitable-home requirement. Even though the ask is only €205/m² versus a €489/m² baseline, the listing is for commercial use and not a residential house purchase.
More on the house and the area
There is a modest town view with a church dome and some useful outdoor terrace space, but the property is not visually romantic or especially characterful. Condition is poor throughout: peeling facade, neglected interiors and clearly not move-in ready. At this price per sqm it has scale and potential, but it reads more as a big project than a dream home.
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€87,000 – €154,000
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.
- Major full renovation needed
- Exterior shows heavy deterioration
- Interiors are dark, dirty and partly stripped
- Commercial/investment listing, not clearly a ready home
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 59/100This is inland south-central Sicily on low chalky and clay hills with broad views over farmed country. The Platani valley lies to the east and the coast of the Strait of Sicily is nearby, with the beaches and low shoreline around San Leone and Porto Empedocle within about 15 km. Agrigento is the nearest town of size, with full services and the Valley of the Temples archaeological area just west of the town. The area is known for wheat fields, olive groves, almonds and tuff-built hill towns.