Casa indipendente in Via Brenta
In Via Brenta, a Carlentini, proponiamo in esclusiva la vendita di una casa singola. L'immobile si sviluppa su quattro elevazioni fuori terra ed internamente si compone come segue: - Piano terra ingresso con accesso ai piani superiori, ripostiglio e garage; - Piano primo cucina abitabile ed angolo lavanderia; - Piano secondo con camera padronale e ripostiglio; ...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €15,000 asking price is very low (€200/m²), but the condition is unspecified; using a €700/m² renovation estimate gives an effective cost of about €900/m², well above the €467/m² local baseline. Four elevated floors and incomplete details add uncertainty despite the garage, terrace, and 13 photos.
More on the house and the area
A remarkably cheap, complete four-level town house with usable rooms, two bathrooms, a garage, balconies, and a sunny rooftop terrace. It is not a romantic countryside home: the interiors are dated and visibly tired, with signs of damp and cosmetic deterioration, but the structure appears roofed and broadly livable rather than a bare shell.
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€15,000 – €27,000
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.
- Interior is highly dated and needs repainting, repairs, and modernization.
- Visible wall staining, cracks, peeling finishes, and damp-looking areas require inspection.
- Dense urban setting with no meaningful landscape or sea view; rooftop terrace overlooks neighboring roofs.
- Very narrow multi-level layout with steep stairs may limit accessibility.
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.