Villetta a schiera in Via Scavuzzo, Cianciana,
Casa composta da un unico grande ambiente e un bagno per una superficie totale di 90 mq Cianciana è un piccolo paese in provincia di Agrigento, è un paese collinare in un'ottima posizione e gode di un clima mite tutto l'anno. La campagna circostante Cianciana offre viste spettacolari sulla valle del fiume Platani. Ci…
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
Price of 178 EUR/m2 is well below the local median of 387 EUR/m2, giving a strong ~54% discount. 90 m2 for 16,000 EUR is genuinely cheap for a Sicilian villa needing renovation. Downsides: it is a single large room plus bathroom (unfinished layout), condition needs full renovation, and key data is missing (building year, energy class, sea distance). Only 1 photo limits verification. Cianciana is a known cheap-house town with reasonable amenities and ~30 min to the coast. At ~500 EUR/m2 renovation (~45,000 EUR), total cost stays modest and comfortably under typical local finished values, making this a solid entry-level deal for a buyer willing to renovate.
More on the house and the area
Cheap (€16k, €178/m²) 90 m² fixer-upper in Cianciana, Sicily, a classic Italian bargain-town listing. The single photo shows a weathered, peeling facade with a cracked concrete balcony canopy — no charm or wow. No interior shots, no view, no standout features visible. Location description touts nearby beaches and Valle dei Templi but nothing exceptional in-frame. The low price is the only draw, but not dramatic enough to score as a bargain wow given the poor presentation.
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€11,000 – €18,000
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.
- Single blurry exterior photo showing a run-down street facade
- Property needs full renovation
- One large room plus a bathroom only — very basic layout
- No interior photos to assess condition or potential
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.