Le Dalie - Casale Bifamiliare Siciliano da Ristrutturare
Le Dalie - Casale Bifamiliare Siciliano da Ristrutturare. Needs renovation, esposizione esterna.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
- Windows
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although €54,000 is far below the local €398/m² reference and the property is near Avola’s coast, renovating 1,744 m² at roughly €700/m² implies an effective cost well above that benchmark. The listing does not say how the unusually large area is divided between habitable space and ancillary or external areas, and it lists no bathrooms.
More on the house and the area
A photogenic Sicilian farmhouse with distinctive faded pink walls, old doors, stone pathways and a large, mature garden full of olives, citrus, palms and cacti. However, this is a genuine renovation project rather than a usable home: the rooms are bare and deteriorated, with rubble, missing fittings and no listed bathrooms.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€345,000 – €612,000
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 is required: the interiors are empty, damaged and cluttered with rubble.
- No bathroom is shown or listed, and utilities, roof condition and structural stability need verification.
- The attractive garden and mature Mediterranean planting will also require significant maintenance and restoration.
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 81/100The cluster lies in the Hyblaean foothills above the Ionian coast. The coast near Avola includes long beaches and the mouth of the Cassibile river. The Cavagrande del Cassibile reserve is within this area, with the limestone canyon of the Cassibile and its rock pools. Noto is the nearest larger historic town, with full services and the Val di Noto UNESCO baroque towns close by. This area is known for almonds, Nero d’Avola wine and citrus.