Casa indipendente in Via Cafumo 29
Immobiliare Minoa vende Casa da ristrutturare a Cattolica Eraclea in Via Cafumo n. 29 – 31, Piano Terra – 1°, di 61 mq. totali, con accesso anche dal Cortile Cirasella. Solaio e scala sono stati rifatti in cemento armato. Prezzo € 6.000 poco trattabile.
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
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €6,000 (€98/m²), the entry price is extremely low, but the house needs renovation and has no bathroom listed; estimated works bring the effective cost to about €798/m². That is roughly double the local €402/m² reference, so the deal is only fair unless renovation costs prove unusually modest.
More on the house and the area
The €6,000 price is striking, and the house has some authentic village character with old timber doors, arches and a distant glimpse toward the coast. However, the gallery shows a bare, heavily deteriorated shell rather than a livable home, with no bathroom, kitchen or finished interiors.
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.
- Uninhabitable renovation project with no bathroom or usable living spaces shown.
- Severe deterioration, rubble, exposed/unfinished interiors and visibly damaged plasterwork.
- Structural, electrical, plumbing and roof-condition checks are essential before purchase; access is via a narrow sloping village lane.
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 58/100This is inland from the southern Sicilian coast in the lower Platani valley, with low chalk and clay hills, badland-type slopes in places, and mixed farmland. The Platani River reaches the sea near Heraclea Minoa, about 10–15 km away, where there is also a stretch of coast and beach. The Riserva Naturale Orientata Foce del Fiume Platani is within roughly this radius around the river mouth. Ribera is the nearest town of some size and has the main shops and services for the area. The wider area is known for agriculture, especially citrus and olive growing.