Apartment for sale in Sicily

In Sicily an apartment is usually one unit in a shared building: a floor of an older palazzo built from tuff or lava stone in a historic centre, or a unit in a newer condominium built along the coast. Unlike a house, an apartment carries no private land, but it shares a stairwell, a roof, and often a garden or a pool with the rest of the building.

An apartment in Sicily is often a palazzo unit in a baroque town centre or a unit in a coastal residence, and each calls for different checks. In a historic building, the age of the structure and the quality of past renovations matter, since older palazzi were adapted over several building phases. The condominium administrator sets out how running costs are shared among the units and whether the facade or the roof are due for work. Whether a parking space or a cellar belongs to the unit, and whether a car can reach the building inside the old town, are also worth confirming, along with the unit's registered use as a year-round home or as a holiday home.