Edificio in Via F. Sco Purpura
Edificio Residenziale nel Cuore Storico di Montelepre Scopri questa straordinaria opportunità immobiliare nel centro storico di Montelepre! Si tratta di un edificio residenziale su due elevazioni che rappresenta un vero affare per chi cerca una proprietà con grande potenziale. La struttura si sviluppa su 107 m² commerciali totali, perfettamente suddivisi tra i due piani. Il primo piano offre...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €45,000 (€421/m²), the asking price is close to Montelepre's €400/m² benchmark, but the listing gives no condition, room, bathroom, or construction details. Allowing roughly €700/m² for an unspecified renovation puts the effective cost near €1,121/m², so the historic-center location does not yet justify a strong deal rating.
More on the house and the area
A substantial 107 m² town-center building with balconies, traditional shutters, tiled floors, and a practical two-level layout. It appears structurally usable rather than a ruin, with bathrooms and finished floors, but the empty rooms, bare kitchen area, peeling ceilings, and general dated condition mean meaningful renovation is needed before it feels like 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€21,000 – €37,000
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.
- Several rooms are empty and appear to need renovation and furnishing.
- Visible peeling plaster and ceiling damage suggest moisture or maintenance issues.
- The property is in a dense historic-center setting with no garden or confirmed view.á
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 56/100The cluster lies in the low hills west of Palermo, in a landscape of ridges, cultivated slopes and scattered settlements between the Gulf of Castellammare side and the Conca d’Oro side of the province. Monte d’Oro rises above Montelepre and Partinico, and the higher limestone relief of the Monti di Palermo is nearby. The coast is not far, with the Gulf of Castellammare around Terrasini and Trappeto as the nearest sea frontage, but the cluster is inland rather than on the shore. Palermo is the nearest large city, with the full services of a regional capital and the airport at Punta Raisi on this side of the province. The area is known for vineyards, olives and citrus in the wider western Palermitan countryside.