Property Description

Two-bedroom Townhouse in Alcamo, Newly Renovated and at the Heart of the Historic Market Town

Casa Maurizio, a two-bedroom townhouse in Alcamo, north-western SIcily, is a single-fronted terraced home which has recently undergone a comprehensive renovation. From the immaculate new bathrooms to the roof, including the power and water infrastructure and flooring, the top quality work and smart design choices mean that this family home is presented in fabulous condition.

Currently unoccupied, it is ready for an immediate sale and will only need to be furnished and to have a kitchen installed to be a versatile and welcoming home for a small family or a couple who like the idea of buying a house, at an attractive price, in the centre of a traditional Sicilian town.

The Property

Facing almost due west, the three-storey terraced house opens directly onto the street outside. It has a footprint of 38m2 and a total indoor space of about 100m2, plus a lovely sunny roof terrace.

The ground floor has a large French window which opens into a room of about 20m2, where you’ll find a lovely colourful marble floor. To the rear is a box room and a small toilet has been installed under the staircase. Along the side of this is an entrance hall which runs from the front door. The open front lets in a lot of natural light to the main living space.

Upstairs on the first floor, the floors switch to a newly laid modern parquet. The space is split into a pair of rooms, a living room to the front which opens onto a street-view balcony, and an internal guest bedroom at the back. There is also another bathroom with a shower.

The second floor has a fully open plan layout, with a large living room connecting into an open kitchen. Here too the floor is parquet. The ceiling has some lovely natural wood on display, in a cherry shade with cream-coloured cross-beams. In fact, the entire roof was installed from scratch, inside and out, and again, this is recent work in perfect condition.

The kitchenette will need to be installed, but once it is in place you will have a fantastic food preparation area that will be natural light from the triple-width French windows right next to it. These open straight onto a nice deep terrace where you can enjoy the sunshine in the afternoons – a great spot for a leisurely al fresco lunch. Inside, the floor is completed by another bathroom with a shower.

The space is intelligently and efficiently used throughout, with plenty of fitted cupboards integrated into the design to keep your living area orderly and clutter-free.

The new wooden windows are very high spec and all also have equally recent shutters with one-touch electric controls. The house is served by municipal systems for electricity, sewage and for water. A truly vast 8,000 litre cistern on the roof guarantees you complete peace of mind even in the dry Sicilian summer.

As a final bonus to protect your investment, Casa Maurizio is equipped with an alarm system.

Surroundings

Alcamo is an historic town of about 30,000 inhabitants, with many more living in the surrounding district. It grew up around the vast Castle of the Counts of Modici, which still stands as a dramatic landmark in remarkably good condition now, opposite the large open piazza on which regular markets are held. It stands in the lea of the large Monte Bonifato hill, from which the views stretch for many miles in all directions.

The municipality continues north across five kilometres of open countryside to the beach town of Alcamo Marina, where you will find a really magnificent stretch of ten uninterrupted kilometres of deep sandy beach. Sheltered from the open sea by the deep bay of the Gulf of Castellammare, the shallow water here is perfect for bathing as late into the year as November.

Casa Maurizio is located within the square kilometre of mostly straight, narrow streets that makes up the old town, about halfway from the centre to the periphery in the south-west corner. Importantly, the street on which it stands is actually double the width of most of the surrounding roads, which means there is space for on-street parking and comfortable driving. Many of the roads in town are much tighter to drive down and park in with a modern-size car!

Not that you will always need the car to leave the two-bedroom townhouse. In Alcamo you can easily get around on foot, walking to a wide variety of shops, including several supermarkets, within five or ten minutes. The neighbourhood around the town’s main church and square, and the castle, is home to Alcamo’s best bars and restaurants, and this too is just ten minutes from your front door.

Looking further afield, the picturesque town of Castellammare del Golfo is twenty minutes away, the stunning Greco-Roman amphitheatre and Doric temple of Segesta even closer. You can find hot natural springs nearby, and the unspoilt natural paradise of the Zingaro nature reserve to the north.

Sicily’s vibrant capital city, Palermo, is an hour to the east and the characterful port city of Trapani 45 minutes to the west. Each of these has an international airport that you can reach in under 40 minutes, meaning that you can enjoy the sunshine while never more than a few hours away from the heart of Europe.

Potential

While everything that is already present in Casa Maurizio is in perfect condition, there are a few investments which you will need to consider to unlock its full potential.

While the kitchen has the pipes in place for a gas connection, the property is not currently connected to a methane supply. If you choose to do so, a gas boiler could be fitted to cheaply and efficiently heat water. Otherwise electric alternatives are available, or you could invest in a solar powered heater to keep your bills low.

There is no temperature control in the building, at present. While you might be tempted to install radiators, a cheaper and greener solution would be to purchase and fit heat pumps (one for each floor that you’re using), which would generate warmth in winter and cool the place in summer.

We can see the advantage of the way the first floor has been divided, to create a spare room for guests. Perhaps thanks to our northern-European roots, our team are big fans of open-plan interior design and would think about removing the partition and putting a sofa bed at one end of a larger living room with natural light throughout.

The ground floor could be converted into a small studio apartment that would work as an airbnb, or maybe a longer-term base for a seasonal worker. You would need to add a shower, but one option would be to convert the small WC into a wet room. Alternatively, the little box room space at the back would offer ample space, but this could equally be be a kitchen or useful storage.

We believe that there is room for negotiation on the already appealing asking price, so if this newly-restored two-bedroom townhouse in Alcamo has caught your attention, please get in touch with us today!