casa singola con garage
In vendita a San Cataldo, nella tranquilla e ricercata zona di Via Pignato proponiamo una spaziosa casa singola di 170 mq circa, ideale per famiglie in cerca di comfort e indipendenza. L'immobile, disposto su tre livelli, si presenta in buone condizioni ed è composto da 4 vani, 3 camere da letto e 2 bagni, offrendo…
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €400/m², the asking price is below the local €445/m² benchmark, but allowing about €200/m² for a habitable home puts the effective cost near €600/m². The 170 m² layout, garage, heating and two bathrooms are positives, but the property is 40 km from the sea and is not a standout bargain after estimated costs.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely habitable, spacious 170 sqm townhouse with a fitted kitchen, two bathrooms, heating, garage, and comfortable finished interiors. Its strongest dream factor is the elevated view over San Cataldo’s tiled rooftops, church, and surrounding Sicilian landscape, while the house itself is practical rather than architecturally beautiful.
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€11,000 – €19,000
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 exterior and side walls look weathered and utilitarian despite the maintained interiors.
- The home is spread over three levels with narrow staircases, which may be inconvenient for some buyers.
- The attractive townscape view appears to come from a small enclosed upper-level area rather than a generous terrace.
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 49/100The area is inland central Sicily, with cultivated hills and badland-like clay slopes in parts of the Caltanissetta countryside. Caltanissetta is the nearest town of size, with the province’s main services, rail connections and a substantial historic centre. This part of the interior is known for grain farming and for the former sulphur-mining landscape of central Sicily.