Villetta a schiera in Via Palermo, Cianciana,
Questa casa si trova nel cuore del centro storico di Cianciana, in Via Palermo, e dispone di quattro piani, ciascuno di circa 44 metri quadrati, per una superficie totale di circa 176 metri quadrati. Il piano terra dispone di una cucina, un bagno con doccia e un ripostiglio. Il primo piano è composto da due camere da…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Habitable 176m² townhouse at 244 EUR/m2 vs baseline median 387, ~37% below market—solid discount. Four floors of ~44m2 each, two kitchens, three baths, balconies; described as habitable so renovation is likely cosmetic (~400 EUR/m2 estimate). Cianciana is a known expat/'1 euro home' area with real market activity. Fresh listing (0 days). Negatives: only 1 photo, no building year or energy class, and 'habitable' claims on an old historic-center house should be verified in person—four-story layout with passthrough bedrooms may be awkward. No trap indicators; price is plausible for the town.
More on the house and the area
Standard Sicilian centro storico townhouse in Cianciana at a very low price (43k for 176sqm across 4 floors). The single exterior photo shows an ordinary, somewhat faded corner building on a narrow street with basic balconies. No interior images to assess. Location is inland hill town near Agrigento with proximity to Scala dei Turchi and beaches, but nothing visually striking. Cheap but unremarkable.
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, €400/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€20,000 – €34,000
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.
- Only 1 photo available, no interior shots
- Exterior shows plain, dated townhouse on narrow street
- No sea view despite ~30 min to beaches
- Four narrow floors of ~44sqm each may be impractical
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 56/100This is inland south-west Sicily in the valley country between the Sicani hills and the lower Belice-Platani area. The Platani river system is the main named landscape feature in this part of the province. Monte Cammarata and the Sicani mountains are to the north, within roughly the wider 15 km landscape only at its edge from Cianciana, and the nearest higher mountain country is around Cammarata and Santo Stefano Quisquina. The nearest coast used in daily life is the Agrigento shoreline around Eraclea Minoa and the Ribera-Seccagrande side, but it is outside the immediate landscape radius. The nearest town of size is Ribera, which has the main services for this inland area. This part of Sicily is known for olive groves, vineyards and inland hill villages.