Rustico/casale in Contrada Digerbato 450
Riferimento: VRR22541 Proponiamo in vendita Rustico da ristrutturare di 120 mq disposto su un unico livello. L’immobile presenta doppia esposizione, caratteristica che favorisce luminosità naturale e una buona aerazione degli ambienti. Internamente la soluzione è composta da soggiorno, cucina abitabile, camera da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €72,000 (€600/m²), this 120 m² farmhouse needs renovation; allowing roughly €700/m² puts the effective cost near €156,000 (€1,300/m²), far above comparable local properties around €389/m². The listing does not state the construction year, energy class, or detailed renovation scope.
More on the house and the area
A characterful Sicilian farmhouse with beautiful vaulted ceilings, traditional patterned floors, chandeliers, and a fully equipped kitchen and bathrooms. It looks like a real, inhabitable home rather than an empty shell, although the interiors are old-fashioned and some plasterwork needs attention; the large roofed outbuilding adds charm and potential.
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.
- The main living areas appear usable but dated, with peeling plaster and likely cosmetic renovation needed.
- The listing calls it a rustico to renovate, so the exact condition and legal status of the farmhouse and outbuilding should be verified.
- No meaningful exterior setting, garden, or view is shown in the gallery.
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 lived setting is an urban edge on the low coastal plain of western Sicily. The Stagnone di Marsala lagoon and the salt pans lie within this area, with shallow water, salt basins and the Isola di Mozia in the lagoon. This stretch of coast is part of the Riserva Naturale Orientata Isole dello Stagnone di Marsala. Trapani is the other main town nearby; Marsala itself is a substantial service town with a historic centre, port functions, shops and schools. The area is known for wine production, especially Marsala wine, and for salt extraction landscapes along the coast.