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VENDITA ESCLUSIVA Via Imera 280 – Agrigento Luminoso e soleggiato appartamento mq 175 circa sito ad Agrigento in via Imeran 280, ubicato a poca distanza dalla centro città, in zona ben servita da attività commerciali quali: supermercato, panificio, pizzeria, bar, edicola, farmacia e servizi vari. L’appartamento è…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €95,000 for 175 sqm, the ask is €543/sqm, basically in line with the low-stock baseline of €528/sqm; with a realistic light-to-medium renovation allowance of about €450/sqm, the effective cost rises to roughly €993/sqm, so it is not a clear bargain. Positives are the large size, 2 baths, serviced urban location and sea at 4 km, but the description says both 'needs renovation' and 'discrete conditions abitative', so the condition signal is mixed.
More on the house and the area
Empty apartment needing renovation with dated terrazzo flooring and bare white walls. Standard 1970s-era Italian condo interior with no distinctive features. Balcony overlooks other apartment blocks; hillside town view is pleasant but ordinary. No stunning interior/exterior, no sea, no historic character. Low eur/m2 (543) offers value but not a visual scroll-stopper.
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.
Our read of the photos, €450/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€20,000 – €34,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Agrigento, so the resident setting is urban streets on a ridge near the south coast. The Valle dei Templi lies immediately outside the modern city, with a long line of Greek temple remains on the ridge above the sea plain. The Mediterranean coast is close, including the shore at San Leone. Porto Empedocle is the nearest coastal town of size. The area is known for the archaeological landscape of ancient Akragas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.