Palazzo - Edificio in Alia
Casa di paese ad alia provincia di Palermo su tre livelli vi sono 4 camere due cucine due bagni terrazzo forno a legna e cantina vendita ammobiliata e terreno fuori paese di 5000mq.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Habitable 150 m2 listed at €25,000 with an estimated €200/m2 renovation (€30,000) gives an effective price of €55,000 or ~€367/m2 vs the local median €400/m2 (modestly below market). Includes 5,000 m2 of land, is sold furnished and has photos; no auction/ownership issues reported.
More on the house and the area
A solid, lived-in town house with vintage character — terrazzo floors, shutters and a wrought-iron balcony give it charm. The layout is habitable now but interiors are dated and will need updating to turn it into a bright, comfortable 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€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.
- Dated, heavily furnished interior that will need modernization (kitchen/bath updates).
- Narrow internal staircases and some rooms have low natural light.
- Small town-centre terrace (no scenic view); outdoor 5000 m² plot is off‑site (per listing).
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 52/100The cluster sits in the inland hills of central Sicily within Palermo province, on a landscape of small fields, olive groves and dryland cereals with patches of Mediterranean scrub and scattered oak/holm-oak on steeper slopes. The area is rural with small-scale agriculture, pastoral plots and farmhouses rather than continuous woodland or large commercial farms. No significant lake or major river runs through the immediate 15 km; watercourses are small seasonal streams and irrigation channels typical of central Sicilian hill country. There are no high-altitude ski facilities in the immediate area; Sicily’s ski terrain (Etna, occasional Madonie snow) lies well beyond daily reach. The nearest regional city and main services are provided by Palermo (provincial capital) and by nearer small towns that supply basic shops, schools and local administration; major hospitals and the main airport are in the Palermo area. No UNESCO site or nationally famous named landscape lies within about 15 km of the cluster.