Casa indipendente in Via Pietro Novelli 272
Via Pietro Novelli - Casa Indipendente nel Cuore Storico di Monreale Di fronte alla suggestiva Chiesa di San Rocco, lungo la rinomata e storica Via Pietro Novelli, proponiamo in vendita una straordinaria casa indipendente disposta su due livelli, piano terra e piano primo. Questa proprietà rappresenta una rara…
What it really costs
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At €469/m², the €45,000 asking price is essentially identical to the robust Monreale baseline of €467/m²; assuming basic habitable condition, effective cost is about €669/m² after €19,200 of renovation. Historic-center positioning and 27 photos help, but condition, age, and energy data are missing, so this is not a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
A surprisingly spacious independent home in Monreale’s historic center, with a photogenic Sicilian-tiled staircase, traditional shutters, and warm terracotta floors. It appears structurally complete and broadly livable, but the unfinished kitchen and damp-marked bathroom mean real updating is needed before it feels like a polished dream home.
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€6,000 – €11,000
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 kitchen is unfinished and needs cabinets/appliances and plumbing completion.
- The bathroom shows visible damp or mold staining and is dated.
- No private garden, terrace, parking, or meaningful view is shown.
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 72/100The cluster is on the slopes above the Conca d’Oro west of Palermo, with Monte Caputo immediately above Monreale and the inland ridges of the Sicani and western Sicilian uplands starting not far to the south. Palermo and the Tyrrhenian coast are close by, but within the immediate 15 km radius the defining feature is the hill setting over the plain rather than open coast. Monreale itself has the cathedral and cloister with UNESCO status as part of Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale. Palermo is the nearest large city and provides the full range of services, rail links and airport access. The area is known for the historic mosaic cathedral and for citrus and olive cultivation on the slopes and plain.