Casa indipendente in Via Milo
Nel cuore di Xitta, sulla Piazza Matrice, intero stabile indipendente in vendita. Ingresso totalmente indipendente, zero spese condominiali. Al primo piano, luminoso appartamento di circa centocinquanta metri quadri, con soffitti decorati e pavimenti d'epoca. Camera matrimoniale spaziosa. Cameretta ideale come studio,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €472/m², the asking price is essentially in line with comparable Trapani country homes; allowing roughly €200/m² for unspecified updates brings the effective cost to about €672/m². The independent historic property is only 1 km from the sea, but the listing does not say whether it is renovated or reveal its building age and energy performance.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely livable, spacious Sicilian town house with striking vintage patterned floors, decorated ceilings, traditional furnishings, and a bright, usable interior. It is not a scenic countryside dream home—the exterior is modest and urban—but €85,000 for around 180 sqm gives it strong bargain appeal, with mainly cosmetic updating needed rather than a full rebuild.
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€12,000 – €20,000
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 highly dated and would benefit from cosmetic renovation.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a large 180 sqm home.
- The exterior is plain and there is no visible garden, terrace view, or landscape setting.
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 82/100Monte Erice rises directly above the area on the west Sicilian coast. The Tyrrhenian coast is at the foot of the mountain, with the Gulf of Trapani and the salt pans between Trapani and Paceco within the local landscape. The Monte Cofano area and the Zingaro coast are farther away and do not define the immediate 15 km setting. Trapani is the nearest town of size, with port services, a historic centre and links to the Egadi Islands. Erice is known for its walled hill town, its position over Trapani and the traditional salt-production landscape nearby.