Vittoria
Vittoria. Habitable, autonomo heating, garage.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €355/m², the €66,000 asking price looks attractive, but adding an estimated €37,200 for habitable-condition updates brings the effective cost to about €555/m², above the local €412/m² benchmark. The very brief listing does not state the bathroom count, building year, or energy performance.
More on the house and the area
A remarkably spacious, polished 186 m² townhouse with excellent floors, abundant skylights, a striking exposed-brick feature wall, and a pleasant historic urban setting. It appears genuinely habitable rather than a renovation shell, and €66,000 is an exceptional size-for-price proposition. The lack of outdoor space and the unshown kitchen keep it below dream-home territory.
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€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.
- The kitchen is not shown, so the advertised livability is not fully verifiable.
- The facts list zero bathrooms despite a clearly photographed bathroom; confirm the official room and utility details.
- No private garden, terrace, or meaningful view is shown.
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 42/100The cluster is in the flat agricultural plain between Vittoria and the south coast, with the Ippari river valley and the pinewood and dune reserve of the Riserva naturale della Pineta di Vittoria within reach toward the coast. The nearest coast is the Gulf of Gela around Scoglitti, with long sandy beaches and low shoreline rather than cliffs. Ragusa is the nearest provincial town of size with services and the Baroque old towns of Ragusa Ibla and Modica are farther inland but outside the immediate landscape. This area is known above all for intensive greenhouse agriculture and the Vittoria wine zone, including Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG.