1 / 5

Via Trieste, Ciminna

Ciminna, Sicilia
Bedrooms
8
Baths
0
m²
248
Price per m²
€184
Property type
Townhouse
Rooms
5 locali

Tribunale: Termini Imerese RGE: 85/2025 PVP: 4619185 piena proprietà di un fabbricato in corso di ristrutturazione, composto da quattro elevazioni fuori terra, di vani 8, vi si accede dal piano terra e attraverso una scala si sale agli altri piani. VUOI ACQUISTARE QUESTO IMMOBILE ALL'ASTA? PRENOTA ORA LA TUA…

heating

What it really costs

Can you move in?

Move in as it is

In the listingNeeds renovation

The photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.

  • Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Why this price is what it is

This is a judicial auction listing (Tribunale/aste), which carries legal and transactional risk. Estimated renovation €700/m² yields ~€219,334 total (~€884/m²), well above the regional baseline €435/m².

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

Spacious, bright attic and large rooms with modern finishes (tiled shower, good floors) and a handsome historic façade — this feels like a characterful, liveable home. However the building is sold as under renovation and via auction, so expect renovation work and extra legal/administrative effort before move-in.

Minimum to live in it€350–500/m²
€87,000 – €124,000

Certified wiring, water and drainage, a heat source, a roof that keeps the water out, one working bathroom. Facade, insulation, a second bathroom and the floors wait.

This house
Comfortable
€149,000 – €223,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.

Full€1,200–1,500/m²
€298,000 – €372,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€49,000 – €87,000

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.

Connections and paperworkabout €10,000

Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.

Show more

Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800

No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.

Asking price + this range + connections
€205,000 – €279,000
What worries us about this house
  • Property described as 'in course of renovation' / needs work
  • Listing images may be indicative and not the actual unit photos
  • Offered at auction — expect legal/administrative steps and possible delays
  • Unclear which floors/units are finished vs. still to be completed

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 52/100

The area is in the inland hills east of Palermo, with cultivated slopes and low ridges rather than high mountains. The Eleuterio valley and the first reliefs of the Sicilian interior shape the surroundings, and the Tyrrhenian coast is close but not part of the immediate landscape from most inland points here. Palermo is the nearest major city and provides the full range of services, rail links, hospitals, universities and the main airport for western Sicily. This part of the province is known for grain fields, olive groves and small hill settlements.

The comune of Ciminna
People living here
3,346
-9.9% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
28%
12% are under 14
Landslide zone
13%
of residents live in a high-risk landslide area
How far to everything
To the sea
14 km
Nearest airport
116 min drive
Nearest city
56 min drive
Property address:Via Trieste
Get directions

Asking price

€45,734.25
Deal score
10/100
Wow
70/100

Listed 26/09/2026