Palazzo - Edificio in Caltagirone
Palazzo - Edificio in Caltagirone. Habitable, autonomo heating, esposizione esterna, accesso per disabili, balcone.
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Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €70,000 (€583/m²), the estimated €24,000 of habitable-property work brings the effective cost to about €783/m², well above comparable local stock around €383/m². The balcony, heating, accessibility and short listing age are positives, but they do not offset the premium.
More on the house and the area
A spacious, genuinely habitable apartment with a striking elevated view across Caltagirone and the surrounding Sicilian landscape. The home has good light, functioning kitchen and bathroom, heating, and attractive marble-style floors, but its interiors are plain and dated rather than characterful. At €70,000 for 120 sqm, the combination of size and panorama is the main 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€8,000 – €13,000
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.
- Interiors are habitable but dated, especially the bathrooms and patterned tile finishes.
- Only one bathroom is shown for a 120 sqm home.
- The balcony is modest and screened, rather than a beautiful private terrace.
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 68/100The area sits in the inland Erei hills, with cultivated ridges and broad valleys rather than high mountains. The nearest significant river landscape is the Simeto basin to the east. The nearest town of size is Caltagirone itself, which has an extensive historic centre, major Baroque churches and palaces, and is known nationally for ceramics. Caltagirone is part of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto UNESCO listing. The surrounding countryside is known for cereal fields, olive groves and mixed inland farming.