Salt air rolls up the hillside every evening in Motta d’Affermo, catching the last light just as it turns gold over the water. Stand at the right window here and the whole Sicilian coastline unfolds below you, hilltop towns scattered like stepping stones down to the sea. This is the kind of view that stops you mid sentence, the kind that makes you forget you were ever talking about square meters or renovation budgets at all.
We want to walk you through a property that we think is one of the best value plays we have found on the North Coast. It is not one house but two, sitting shoulder to shoulder at the top of this mountain town, both needing work, both holding onto that same jaw dropping westerly view. Between them there is over 236 square meters (about 2,540 square feet) of raw potential, plus a loft area on top of that. And the price for both together is €25,000.
A Wholesale Renovation Project, Two Homes Deep
We call this one Casa Antonino, named for the seller, a mechanic who used the ground floor as his shop for years. He has since moved his business down to Santo Stefano and no longer needs the space, which is part of why this deal exists at all.
This is a wholesale deal, which means we show it to you as it actually is, clutter and all, not staged or cleaned up for the camera. We build the seller’s cleanup into the offer itself, so you are not the one hauling out old tires and debris before you can even start dreaming.
What you are buying is really two separate parcels connected internally. One is a newer structure built in brick with legal permission, though the interior was never finished. The other is a genuinely old stone house next door, connected through an archway cut into the stone. Both need vision, but both are structurally sound.
The Newer House’s Garage Level, Built for Big Ideas
You enter through steel doors that were set up as a mechanic’s garage, and the construction inside is honestly impressive. Columns and beams in reinforced concrete run straight across, with a second level of steel framing creating a loft above.
Ceilings here run up to around 4 meters (about 13 feet) high, which gives you serious flexibility. Close off the back for storage, keep the front as a garage, or turn the whole ground floor into living space and use the loft above as a bedroom or studio.
The newer house alone gives you three floors at 56 square meters (about 600 square feet) each, so this ground level is really just the beginning of what is here.
The Ancient Stone House and Its Tufo Walls
Step through the archway and you are in the older half of the property, built from tufo (a soft, easily cut volcanic stone) with genuinely ancient stone walls around it. The stone house holds two floors at 34 square meters (about 365 square feet) each.
Upstairs here it is unfinished, exposed brick and I-beam construction, but the structure itself is straight and solid. No warped wooden floors to worry about, no shifting foundations, just a blank shell waiting for someone to decide what it becomes.
We do not see much reason to change the room layout on this floor. The space is generous, the beam overhead is not load bearing, and both houses sit level with each other at this point, so the whole thing reads as one continuous living area.
Upstairs, Where the Sea View Takes Over
Climb one more level in the stone house and the view gets even better, roughly 3 meters higher and noticeably wider. This upper floor is a natural spot for a primary suite, one that would wake you up every morning to that same westerly sweep of coastline and hilltop towns.
It is easy to picture this room finished, with a real window seat and nothing between you and the horizon but glass.
The Million-Dollar View Over Motta d’Affermo
Motta d’Affermo sits high enough that you get more than a sliver of sea, you get the layered view of neighboring hilltop towns and mountains stacked behind the water. It is one of the best vantage points we have found on this stretch of the North Coast, and it comes with the property at every level, not just from one lucky window.
Outside, the old stone walls that wrap this end of the historic center are worth pausing for on their own. Wandering the lower and upper streets around the two parcels, you get access to the property from two separate roads, which is part of what makes splitting the two houses into separate units so practical.
One unit could become a rental on the lower street, while the floor and a half around back becomes your own home. Either way, you are looking at roughly 1,600 square feet per unit once finished, which is a serious amount of space for the price.
Property Highlights of Casa Antonino
- Location: Motta d’Affermo, Sicily, North Coast hilltop town
- Two adjacent stone and brick structures sold together as one deal
- Total living space of 236 square meters (about 2,540 square feet), plus a 50 square meter (about 540 square foot) loft area
- Newer house: 56 square meters (about 600 square feet) per floor across three floors
- Stone house: 34 square meters (about 365 square feet) per floor across two floors
- Stunning westerly sea views along with hilltop town and mountain views
- Ground floor garage with 4 meter (about 13 foot) ceilings and steel doors
- Structures are legally permitted, though interiors remain unfinished, a true blank canvas
- Two separate parcels with access from two different streets, ideal for splitting into rental and residential units
- Watch the full property tour
- Featured in Episode 61
- Asking price: €25,000
Please note: our property tours stay online long after filming, and homes like this tend to sell quickly, so this one may no longer be available. If it has already sold, we can still help you find something similar. Tell us your dream, and we’ll help make it real.
We invite you to read a real buyer’s story about what it’s like to work with us, from that first phone call all the way to closing day.
Final Thoughts on These Two Sicilian Stone Houses and Their Incredible View
We keep coming back to this one because the math is hard to argue with. Two structurally sound buildings, over 236 square meters (about 2,540 square feet) of space between them, and a sea view most buyers only dream of, all for €25,000.
Yes, you need to bring vision and a renovation budget. The interiors are unfinished, the clutter needs clearing, and this is very much a project rather than a move-in-ready home. But the bones are here, permitted and solid, which takes a lot of the risk out of the equation.
We think of properties like this as a lesson in vision. What you see on the tour is not pretty yet, but what it could become, two homes finished out, framed by that westerly sea view every single evening, is genuinely special.
If a hilltop renovation project on Sicily’s North Coast has been on your radar, this is exactly the kind of opportunity worth a serious look.
