Terratetto unifamiliare in Marsala
Marsala – Contrada Cardilla: Indipendente con Garage e Giardino Rif. 1000125 | Prezzo: € 63.000 Proponiamo in vendita in Contrada Cardilla, a Marsala, una casa indipendente di circa 100 mq, interamente da rimodernare. Una soluzione perfetta per chi cerca indipendenza, spazi esterni e la possibilità di personalizzare…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €63,000 (€630/m²), the house is already above the local €445/m² benchmark; adding roughly €70,000 for renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,330/m². Marsala’s sea proximity, detached layout, garage and garden help, but the total modernization and one bedroom without a window make this a weak deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, furnished home rather than a ruin, with tiled interiors, a functional kitchen and bathroom, two bedrooms, a verandah, garden, and a large detached garage. Its main appeal is the useful outdoor space and independent layout, but the shabby exteriors, dated interiors, and windowless bedroom make it a renovation project rather than a dream-home standout.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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.
- The property is described as needing complete modernization, despite being currently furnished and usable.
- One bedroom is windowless/dark, requiring careful assessment of legality, ventilation, and livability.
- Exterior plaster is visibly worn, and the detached garage appears more like a storage/workshop space than a finished amenity.
- No attractive sea or landscape view is shown; the setting is a modest suburban/rural fringe.
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Marsala, so the resident setting is an urban edge on the low coastal plain of western Sicily. The Stagnone lagoon and the Isola di Mozia area lie just north of the town, with shallow saltwater basins and historic salt pans along this stretch of coast. Trapani is the nearest larger centre for wider services and airport access comes from Trapani-Birgi nearby and Palermo farther away. The area is known for salt production and Marsala wine.