Casa indipendente in Contrada Chinesi, Alessandria della Rocca,
Casa di due elevazioni fuori terra sita in Contrada Chinesi a pochi km dal centro urbano di Alessandria della Rocca (AG) che copre una superficie di circa 100 mq in buono stato e composta da due vani, un servizio e un ripostiglio. A corredo vi è un terreno con uliveto di circa 200 piante di ulivo in produzione che copre una superficie di circa 12290 mq. (8 Tumoli).
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Priced at €690/m2 vs a regional baseline median of €387/m2, so ~78% above typical — high for a property described as needing renovation. Contradictory claims: condition says 'Needs renovation' but description says 'buono stato' (good condition); also listed as a 1-room Villa yet described as two rooms plus a service and storage. Much of the value is tied to ~12,290 m2 of olive grove (agricultural land, ~200 trees), inflating the asking price relative to the actual dwelling. Missing building_year, energy_class, and sea distance limit assessment. Renovation likely ~€500/m2 for a modest two-story rural house. Not a clear deal at this price given the premium and ambiguity.
More on the house and the area
Rustic Sicilian country house needing renovation near Alessandria della Rocca. Main draw is the 12,290 sqm plot with ~200 productive olive trees and hillside views over rolling countryside. The buildings themselves are basic and unfinished (bare concrete, dated kitchen, rough bathroom, cracked walls). Some genuine appeal in the olive grove and valley panorama, but nothing scroll-stopping - it's an ordinary rural fixer-upper with agricultural value.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €20,000
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.
- Needs full renovation - interiors are rough/unfinished
- No sea proximity data
- Rural location, no building year or energy class
- Basic finishes throughout
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 52/100The cluster is in the inland hills between the Platani and Magazzolo river basins, in a landscape of wheat fields, pasture, olive groves and scattered wooded slopes typical of this part of central-southern Sicily. The nearest larger town is Agrigento, which has full services and the well-known archaeological area of the Valle dei Templi. This part of the province is known for cereal farming, olive oil and inland hill villages.