Casa indipendente 5 locali, 79 m² in Via Giacomo Matteotti 1
Casa indipendente in asta a Palagonia (CT) – Via Giacomo Matteotti 17 (CAP 95046) L'immobile in asta è una casa singola su due livelli, ubicata nel Comune di Palagonia, in Via Giacomo Matteotti n. 17, all'angolo con Via Donizetti. Si trova in una zona di completamento (zona B del PRG), densamente antropizzata, con…
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Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Sold at judicial auction
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This 79 m² house is explicitly being sold through a judicial auction, with a €9,380 minimum bid and renovation needs. Auction purchases carry legal, procedural, and financing risks that override the apparent €119/m² discount.
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This is a genuine, solid two-level house with usable rooms, a fitted kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, and a balcony, rather than an empty shell. However, the ordinary urban setting, dated interiors, basic systems, and visible maintenance issues offer little visual dream appeal beyond the exceptionally low auction price.
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€16,000 – €28,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Auction purchase with legal and procedural checks required.
- The home needs renovation and maintenance, with dated finishes and signs of damp or staining.
- Heating is absent; hot water relies on electric boilers and utilities are basic.
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 46/100The cluster lies in the inland plain and low hills between the Simeto valley and the Calatino area. The Simeto river runs in this part of the province. The nearest larger town is Caltagirone, which has a substantial historic centre and is known for ceramics. Catania is the main city for services and transport, but it is outside the immediate landscape. This area is known mainly for citrus growing and mixed agriculture.