Via Isole Ellice, Siracusa
Via Isole Ellice, Siracusa. Habitable, autonomo heating, 500 m from the sea.
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In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €30,754 (€380/m²), this habitable 81 m² villa is unusually affordable for Siracusa and only 500 m from the sea. Allowing about €16,200 for updates gives an effective cost near €580/m², above the local €372/m² benchmark; the listing does not say how many bathrooms it has.
More on the house and the area
This is a bright, clean, usable-looking urban home with large windows, polished floors, modern bathrooms, and a modest mountain-and-city outlook. At €30,754 and close to the sea it has strong bargain appeal, but the apartment-block setting and missing kitchen reduce the dream-home impact.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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.
- Photos show a dense urban apartment building rather than a standalone villa.
- No kitchen is visible in the gallery, so the claimed habitability should be verified.
- The apartment appears recently finished but largely empty and lacks Italian historic character or private outdoor space.
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 cluster is in the built-up area of Siracusa, so the resident setting is urban streets rather than open landscape. The Ionian coast is nearby, with the low limestone shore south of the city and the bay and harbour of Siracusa. The Plemmirio marine protected area lies just south of the city. Syracuse itself is a major historic city with the island of Ortigia, the Greek theatre and archaeological park, and UNESCO status as part of Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica. The area is known for the archaeological remains of the Greek city and for the coastal scenery of the south-eastern Sicilian shore.