Via Atenea Prestigioso Palazzo Storico In Pieno Centro Città
Via Atenea Prestigioso Palazzo Storico In Pieno Centro Città. Needs renovation, esposizione esterna, accesso per disabili, balcone.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €1,000 asking price looks exceptional, but renovating 1,300 m² at roughly €700/m² implies an effective cost near €701/m²—well above the local €375/m² benchmark. The unusually low price, five-room count and lack of building or energy details suggest the listing data may be incomplete or inconsistent.
More on the house and the area
A remarkably grand historic palazzo with an ornate marble staircase, decorative vaults, elegant ironwork, and sweeping views over Agrigento toward the sea. The setting and architecture are genuinely dream-worthy, but this is a renovation-scale property rather than a ready-to-live-in home, with the actual residential interiors not shown.
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€257,000 – €456,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- The listing says the palazzo needs renovation, and the gallery does not show finished living rooms, kitchens, or bedrooms.
- At 1,300 sqm, this is a very large restoration project with potentially substantial structural, systems, and maintenance costs.
- The €1,000 price appears exceptionally unusual and should be verified along with ownership, planning, and habitability status.
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 55/100The cluster is in the built-up area of Agrigento, so the resident setting is urban streets on a ridge near the south coast. The Valle dei Templi lies immediately outside the modern city, with a long line of Greek temple remains on the ridge above the sea plain. The Mediterranean coast is close, including the shore at San Leone. Porto Empedocle is the nearest coastal town of size. The area is known for the archaeological landscape of ancient Akragas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.