Casa bifamiliare in Via Cesare Cantù 34
In vendita a San Cataldo, nel suggestivo centro storico, proponiamo una casa semi indipendente situata in Via Cesare Cantù, 34. Questa proprietà si sviluppa su due livelli, con un'ampia superficie di 90 mq al secondo piano, dove troviamo un appartamento con 3 camere da letto, ampia cucina-soggiorno, bagno e doppio servizio. Al terzo piano un vano di ulteriori 20 mq...
What it really costs
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At €98,000 (€891/m²), the asking price is already about double the local baseline of €441/m²; assuming €200/m² for an apparently habitable but undocumented condition, effective cost rises to roughly €1,091/m². The historic-center location and 24 photos help, but the lack of condition, energy, and construction data weakens the deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable Sicilian townhouse with multiple finished rooms, bathrooms, balconies, and an exceptionally large tiled rooftop terrace with open views over the surrounding town and countryside. The home is solid and lived-in rather than a renovation shell, but its dated furnishings, narrow spaces, and worn street-level exterior keep it below the dream-home tier.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- Interiors are clearly livable but dated, cluttered, and likely need cosmetic updating.
- Exterior shows worn lower-level plaster and aging finishes.
- No garden and the house sits on a dense urban street; energy performance and systems are unclear.
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.