Via Delle Mura Chiesa Sconsacrata Ideale Attività Culturali
NUOVO INCARICO DI VENDITA!!! IMMOBILIARE STUDIO ATENEA VENDE: Nel centro storico di Agrigento, in via delle Mura, strada carrabile e con facilità di parcheggio, vendiamo Chiesa Sconsacrata da ristrutturare, ideale da adibire ad attività di carattere culturale, quali mostre, teatro e manifestazioni di vario…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although priced at €250/m², this is a deconsecrated church advertised for cultural activities rather than as a dwelling, so residential use and conversion feasibility are major concerns. With roughly €198,000 in restoration for 180 m², the effective cost is about €1,350/m², far above the local €417/m² benchmark.
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A genuinely unusual former deconsecrated church in Agrigento’s historic center, with impressive 9-meter ceilings, timber roof structure, arched details, and weathered historic masonry. However, it is clearly a renovation project rather than a usable home: the interior lacks finished living facilities and shows extensive deterioration and debris.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€71,000 – €105,000
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.
- Major renovation required: the interior is raw, dusty, and partly rubble-strewn.
- No finished kitchen or bathroom is visible, and utilities/structural condition are unclear.
- The former church’s very high roof and historic fabric may create significant restoration and conversion costs.
- Its cultural-use potential may involve planning, heritage, or change-of-use restrictions.
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.