Villa unifamiliare in Lentini
OTTIMA OCCASIONE - ASTA IMMOBILIARE Piena proprietà del fabbricato in Lentini, c.da Sant’Antonio, composto da due locali officina al pianterreno e da tre appartamenti al primo piano, oltre al torrino scala per l’accesso al terrazzo di copertura, con annesso terreno di pertinenza. In CF al foglio 60, p.lla 242 sub. 1,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This €96,525 property is explicitly a judicial auction, so it carries legal, financing, and occupancy risks despite its 248 m² size. The description mixes two workshops, three apartments, agricultural land, and incomplete cadastral units, while the listing reports no bathrooms, making the advertised residential condition unreliable.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, potentially practical property, but the visible setting is dense and ordinary, with unfinished-looking facades and no demonstrated view, garden, or architectural charm. The habitable status is encouraging, yet the lack of interior photos and reported zero bathrooms make its real livability uncertain.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€17,000 – €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.
- Only an unremarkable urban street view is shown, with no interior or attractive setting visible.
- The property is an auction sale and includes workshops plus multiple apartments, making it less like a straightforward single-family home.
- The listing reports zero bathrooms, which requires verification despite the stated habitable condition.
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 51/100The cluster lies on the Plain of Catania, with broad low agricultural land around the town and the foothills rising inland toward the Iblei. The San Leonardo river runs near Lentini, and the Lentini plain has long been used for citrus cultivation. Lake Lentini is close to the town; it is one of the larger artificial lakes in Sicily and part of the immediate landscape. Catania is the nearest large city, with full city services, a major rail station and the airport. This area is known above all for oranges and other citrus from the plain.