House for sale - Mistretta (Italy)

Casa Franco - Mistretta Surrounded by five hectares of olives and fruit trees, Casa Franco is a two-storey country house of around 180 m² in the hills above Mistretta, at the end of its own private drive. A 180 m² House to Renovate The ground floor holds the kitchen, with a brick fireplace in one corner, a large living area and a further room for dining or sleeping, all connecting directly with the terrace outside. Upstairs there are two bedrooms and a large central room, with small balconies over the hillside and ceilings of 2.75 metres. The house needs renovation before it meets contemporary standards, but it is a solid base rather than a ruin. An essential refit might cost around €50,000 to €90,000, while a complete refurbishment, including a three-bedroom layout upstairs, could run from €100,000 to €180,000 or more. Five Hectares, a Spring and Two Outbuildings According to the sellers, the olive grove can yield more than 300 litres of oil in a favourable year, with apricots, pears, persimmons and prickly pears growing alongside ornamental planting. A natural spring flows all year round, supported by a 5,000-litre cistern. A stone outbuilding near the house and a former store along the drive could become guest quarters or an independent annexe, subject to the necessary permissions, opening the way to hosting family or small-scale rural tourism. Daily Life in Mistretta, Beach Days at Santo Stefano di Camastra Mistretta's shops, pharmacies, bars and restaurants are a few minutes by car, the coast at Santo Stefano di Camastra is 25 to 30 minutes away and Cefalù about 45. The airports of Palermo and Catania are roughly equidistant from the estate. For buyers who want land, water and privacy on a realistic budget, and the chance to build value through renovation, the whole project adds up here. Contact us to arrange a visit and walk the estate for yourself. For a full description of the property please visit our website Want to know more?

Casa Marinella - Mistretta A fabulous value-for-money proposition for a buyer with a little time to invest and the appetite for a renovation, Casa Marinella is a four-bedroom villa with an unbeatable view. Miles of Stunning Hillside Laid Out in Front of You On the western edges of the Nebrodi Natural Park, less than four kilometres from the hilltop town of Mistretta, Casa Marinella stands on the western bank of a dramatic valley, which plunges 400m downhill over just a couple of kilometres, directly to the rear of the house. With the mountains opposite rising up to peaks over a thousand metres above sea level, and the waters of the Mediterranean visible on the horizon away to your left, it's a magical panorama almost completely undisturbed by human activity. The two-storey villa has been built to take full advantage of this, at the top of a 4,000m2 plot filled with over a hundred olive and fruit trees, but offering an uninterrupted view over their green canopy from the ground floor terrace and the balcony upstairs. The lower level has nearly 50m2 of mostly covered patio, including an outdoor kitchen with traditional stone fireplaces and grill. This is a property which will transport you to a simpler way of life, in contact with nature and the food chain. 220M2 of living space on two floors of course, there is also a conventional kitchen indoors with an antique bread oven, none the less spacious and with room for a family dining table. Joining it on the ground floor are a living room whose window overlooks the valley, and a bedroom with en-suite bathroom. Each of these last two spaces have patio doors straight out onto the terrace. On the first floor you'll find four more rooms and a second bathroom, although the fixtures for this are yet to be installed. Two of the rooms have valley views (even taking in the sea seven kilometres to the north, on a clear day), and the home is flanked by the balcony on two sides. To the rear there is another terrace, a large flat space which takes full advantage of the gradient of the land. A renovation project with a fabulous payoff there is a lot of work to be done before Casa Marinella can be said to be truly complete – the upper floor in particular is very much a work in progress. The walls need to be plastered and even, in some points, raised to the level of the roof. The floor is still in cement, and all of the decoration will need to be done from scratch. Of course, the advantage of this is that you can set the place up to look exactly as you would like. The ground floor could be used straight away, and indeed you could live there while working upstairs. At some point it, too, will need a fair amount of work however, with the wiring, windows and bathroom all in particular need of attention. Casa Marinella is definitely a project house – but for the sum of the purchase price and an investment around €100,000 you could own a really stunning big home fifteen minutes from the sea in one of Sicily's most underrated regions. For a full description of the property please visit our website Want to know more?