Casa indipendente in Via Santa Caterina 37
Bagheria (PA), in via Santa Caterina, la Remax propone in vendita una casa indipendente su tre elevazioni fuori terra. L'edificio, ampio e luminoso grazie alla tripla esposizione, ha una superficie catastale di 234 mq così suddivisa: garage al piano terra composto da un unico vano con una superficie catastale di 48 mq; appartamento al piano primo ed al piano secondo...
What it really costs
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At €432/m², the €99,000 asking price is 7.5% below the local €467/m² median, with strong sea proximity at 2 km and 46 photos. However, the condition is unspecified; allowing roughly €200/m² for basic works raises the effective cost to about €632/m², so the discount is not yet compelling.
More on the house and the area
This is a substantial, clearly usable home with a working kitchen, bathroom, tiled floors, air conditioning, balconies, and an unusually large rooftop terrace. Its main appeal is space and value rather than beauty: the interiors are dated, the exterior is plain and weathered, and the surrounding streetscape offers little dream-home atmosphere.
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€15,000 – €25,000
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 home is functional but visibly dated and would benefit from cosmetic updating.
- The large rooftop terrace has an unfinished pergola structure and should be checked for waterproofing and maintenance.
- The setting is dense and urban, with no notable view or private garden.
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 Bagheria on the Tyrrhenian side east of Palermo, so the lived setting is a dense coastal town rather than open countryside. The Tyrrhenian coast is a few kilometres away at the Bagheria-Aspra shoreline, with short stretches of rocky coast and small coves around Capo Zafferano. Monte Catalfano rises immediately above the coast and is protected as the Monte Catalfano nature reserve. Palermo is the nearest city of size, with the full range of services, rail links and cultural sites.