Casa indipendente
A circa 500 metri dalle spiagge dorate di Donnalucata, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente a piano terra di circa 60 mq. Una soluzione adatta a chi cerca un’abitazione per le vacanze, un pratico punto d’appoggio vicino al mare o un immobile da destinare alla locazione turistica. Gli interni comprendono un…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €60,000 (€1,000/m²), the estimated all-in cost is about €1,700/m² after allowing €700/m² for renovation, well above the local €409/m² benchmark. The 500-metre distance from Donnalucata’s beaches adds strong location value, but the listing does not state the property’s condition, construction year, or energy performance.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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.
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 85/100The area is on the south-eastern Sicilian coast at the mouth of the Valle di Modica, with low limestone hills and a narrow coastal plain. The Mediterranean coast is immediate here, with long beaches at Donnalucata, Cava d'Aliga and Sampieri within the same municipal area. The old centre of Scicli lies between limestone ridges and is part of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto UNESCO site. Within about 15 km there are also the baroque centres of Modica and Ragusa in the Hyblaean hill country. Vendicari and the larger reserves of the south-east are farther away and do not define the immediate landscape. The area is known for south-eastern Sicilian Baroque architecture, dry-stone walled farmland and greenhouse agriculture on the coastal plain.