Casa indipendente
BORGATA: Proponiamo in vendita, un indipendente da personalizzare, con area libera, cortiletto e terrazzo esclusivo. Internamente composto al piano terra da 2 camere, cucina, bagno, camera da letto, ripostiglio e cortiletto, primo piano composto da una camera e terrazzo. Classe energetica G IPE 95 kwh/mq annui, euro…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 (€678/m²), this independent house needs personalization; allowing roughly €700/m² for renovation puts the effective cost near €1,378/m², far above the local €409/m² benchmark. The sea-front location and 21 photos help, but the listing does not state the exact condition or construction year.
More on the house and the area
The arched stone openings, patterned tiled façade, traditional courtyard, and small private terrace give this Siracusa house genuine local character. It is a real, roofed home with functioning-looking rooms, kitchen, and bathroom rather than an empty shell, but substantial cosmetic and maintenance work is needed before it feels comfortable and beautiful.
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€23,000 – €41,000
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.
- Clearly needs refurbishment, especially paintwork, damp-affected areas, terrace/courtyard surfaces, and likely plumbing/electrical systems.
- Very enclosed urban setting with no demonstrated sea or landscape view.
- Roofed, floored, and equipped with a kitchen and bathroom, but interiors are dated rather than move-in ready.
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 55/100This is inside the built-up area of Siracusa, on the Ionian coast by the Gulf of Syracuse and the mouth of the Ciane and Anapo rivers. The Plemmirio Marine Protected Area lies just south of the city. Ortigia, the historic island centre of Siracusa, is a UNESCO World Heritage component within the city, and the wider city is known for its Greek and Roman archaeological remains including the Neapolis area. The flat coastal plain and low limestone plateau around the city are the immediate landscape.