Casa indipendente in Via Regina Margherita 2
Casa in muratura con terrazza Splendido fabbricato a quattro elevazioni fuori terra. Si compone di cucina, soggiorno e bagno al piano terra oltre comodo ingresso su vano scala. Al piano primo e secondo troviamo rispettivamente due camere da letto, di cui una con ampio balcone panoramico e bagno per ogni piano. Infine al piano terzo cucinino e terrazza panoramica...
What it really costs
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At €433/m², the €65,000 asking price is 7% below the Sicilia country-house baseline of €467/m². The detailed four-level layout and 27 photos support plausibility, but condition is unspecified and the inland location 25 km from the sea limits the upside; allowing €200/m² for potential works gives an effective cost of about €633/m².
More on the house and the area
A substantial, genuinely livable Sicilian town house with 150 sqm, multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, balconies, and a panoramic rooftop terrace. The interiors are clean and usable but strongly dated, while the exterior is practical rather than beautiful; the low price per square metre is the main appeal.
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€10,000 – €17,000
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 and bathrooms are very dated and would benefit from modernization.
- The exposed-brick exterior and concrete balconies may require maintenance checks.
- There is no visible private garden or dedicated parking, and the home is arranged over four levels with many stairs.
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 in the Madonie, with the limestone massifs around Monte San Salvatore and Monte delle Rose shaping the local landscape. The Madonie Regional Natural Park lies within this area. Petralia Sottana is the nearest small town of note and has a preserved historic centre and services; farther on, Castelbuono is one of the better-known historic centres of the Madonie. The nearest ski lifts are at Piano Battaglia in the Madonie, roughly a 35 to 45 minute drive depending on the exact starting point. This part of inland Palermo province is known for mountain villages, beech and oak woodland at higher elevations, and traditional pastoral and cereal country.