Acate
Tribunale: Ragusa RGE: 314/2024 PVP: 4652721 Stabile costituito da un appartamento distribuito su due livelli, un garage posto al piano seminterrato e le relative pertinenze, L’attuale destinazione d’uso è civile abitazione. L’immobile è ubicato nel centro del comune di Acate (RG) con una superficie commerciale di…
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Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitable- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Although the €56,466 asking price is low at €233/m² for a 242 m² townhouse, the listing explicitly concerns a judicial auction. The images are only indicative rather than real property photos, so the condition and actual layout cannot be reliably verified.
More on the house and the area
The rendered kitchen and modern interiors look attractive, but they cannot be relied on as evidence of the real home. The property may offer substantial space at a low price, yet the actual condition, bathrooms, and livability remain unverified, and the surrounding architecture has little visual appeal.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€16,000 – €27,000
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.
- The listing explicitly says the images are indicative and not the actual property photos.
- This is a court-auction purchase, with legal, occupancy, and handover risks to verify.
- No bathrooms are listed despite the claimed habitable condition; actual layout and condition are unclear.
- The exterior image shows a dated apartment-block setting rather than a distinctive Italian home.
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 43/100This is the flat to gently rolling plain around Vittoria, with intensive agriculture and greenhouse cultivation across much of the surrounding countryside. The nearest coast is the Mediterranean at Scoglitti, with low sandy shoreline rather than cliff scenery. The nearest town of size is Ragusa, which has the larger range of services and the well-known historic core of Ragusa Ibla. The wider area is known for wine from the Cerasuolo di Vittoria zone and for horticulture.