Contrada Sant'Onofrio, Trabia
Tribunale: Termini Imerese RGE: 12/2025 PVP: 4613841 Per la piena ed intera proprietà di unità immobiliare al rustico, di forma rettangolare, ubicata al piano terra, oltre sovrastante sottotetto autorizzato come volume tecnico, con annessa corte e stradella di pertinenza di accesso in comproprietà, facente parte di…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
In the listingRenovatedThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
Must be done first
- Connections
- Wiring
- Plumbing
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is being sold at judicial auction (RGE listed) and the description calls the unit 'al rustico' while the facts claim 'Renovated' — a clear contradiction. Estimating ~€700/m² for works gives an effective price ≈€1,282/m² (total ≈€128,229), well above the regional baseline of €435/m², and auction purchases carry extra legal/technical risk.
More on the house and the area
The supplied images show a bright, modern-styled interior, but the legal description says this is an unfinished ground-floor unit sold at auction. It may be a good bargain potential, but it is not a ready-to-live-in home and will need substantial renovation and auction-related work.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€20,000 – €35,000
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.
- Listing notes the photos are indicative and not the actual unit.
- The description states the unit is 'al rustico' (unfinished shell) — not move‑in ready.
- Property is sold at auction (legal/administrative risks and delays).
- No guarantee of existing utilities, kitchen or bathroom in the actual unit.
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 61/100The cluster is on the Tyrrhenian coast at the foot of the lower Sicani-Madonie transition hills, with a built shoreline of small bays and headlands around Trabia and San Nicola l'Arena. The coast here is on the Gulf of Termini Imerese. Palermo is the nearest large city, with the full range of services, port and airport connections to the west. Cefalù lies farther east as a major coastal town and destination, but outside the immediate 15 km landscape. This stretch is known for fishing harbours and for citrus and olive country rising inland.