Casa bifamiliare in Via Scuola Agraria 48
Casa semindipendente in vendita a Caltagirone, situata al piano terra di un edificio su due livelli, con una superficie totale di 135 mq (130 mq calpestabili). L’immobile si compone di 7 locali, tra cui 2 camere da letto e 1 bagno, e dispone di un balcone e di un box auto doppio. La proprietà è da ristrutturare,…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €15,000 asking price is exceptionally low at €111/m², but the house requires renovation; using an estimated €700/m², the effective cost is about €811/m², nearly double the local €411/m² benchmark. The 31 photos and detailed description support the listing, but the renovation budget makes this a weak project financially.
More on the house and the area
A very cheap historic Caltagirone townhouse with handsome stone door surrounds, traditional tiled floors, a balcony, and genuinely impressive views across the Sicilian countryside. The home is usable rather than a bare shell, but it is heavily dated, cluttered, and clearly needs meaningful renovation before it becomes a beautiful full-time home.
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€27,000 – €48,000
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.
- Substantial renovation is needed, with cracked and weathered exterior plaster and very dated interiors.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 135 sqm, seven-room property.
- The property appears cluttered and may have damp or maintenance issues; roof and structural condition should be professionally checked.
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 68/100The area sits in the Erei uplands, with cultivated hills, clay slopes and broad inland valleys typical of central-eastern Sicily. The nearest town of size is Caltagirone, which has a large historic centre, Baroque churches and the ceramic tradition for which it is known. Caltagirone is on the UNESCO listing of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto. The area is known for ceramics and for mixed grain, olive and vineyard countryside.