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Conosciuta come la 'Piccola Palermo', per il suo straordinario patrimonio architettonico e per la maestosità della sua Chiesa Madre, Ciminna è uno dei borghi più affascinanti della Sicilia. Il paese divenne celebre quando il regista Luchino Visconti lo scelse come set cinematografico di alcune delle scene più iconiche…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €25,000 for 120 sqm, the ask is just €208/sqm, but with missing condition data a prudent renovation assumption is about €700/sqm, bringing the effective cost to roughly €908/sqm versus a €400/sqm local baseline. The historic Sicilian village setting is a plus, but the effective all-in cost looks above this catalog's baseline and the listing lacks key habitability details.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable town house rather than a shell: clean walls, finished floors, a fitted kitchen and intact bedrooms make it look broadly livable now. The wow comes more from the Sicilian borgo setting, mountain backdrop and the bargain price than from the house itself, though the patterned vintage floor adds a little charm. Overall it feels authentic and habitable, but not especially beautiful inside.
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€24,000 – €42,000
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.
- Interior is plain and only modestly finished, with little real character beyond the old floor tiles.
- No bathroom is shown, so functional layout/completeness is not fully proven by the photos.
- Street-front setting is dense and urban, with no private garden visible despite the tags.
- Likely a vertical townhouse layout with lots of stairs.
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 52/100The area is in the inland hills east of Palermo, with cultivated slopes and low ridges rather than high mountains. The Eleuterio valley and the first reliefs of the Sicilian interior shape the surroundings, and the Tyrrhenian coast is close but not part of the immediate landscape from most inland points here. Palermo is the nearest major city and provides the full range of services, rail links, hospitals, universities and the main airport for western Sicily. This part of the province is known for grain fields, olive groves and small hill settlements.