Casa Signorile Ristrutturata con Garage in Centro a Ragusa
Palazzetto Signorile con Garage in Centro a Ragusa Superiore in Via Sulsenti, tra Corso Italia, Corso Vittorio Veneto e Via S. Vito. L'immobile Ristrutturato nel 2000 si compone di due locali a piano terra adibiti a cantina e rimessa con affaccio anche sul retro in via De Cereo. Salendo le scale (in pece) arriviamo al…
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 townhouse at 521 EUR/m2 vs baseline median 456 EUR/m2 (n=939, solid baseline). Slightly above median but justified by good features: garage, cellar, balcony, heating, high ceilings, renovated in 2000. 144 sqm with 5 rooms, 2 baths in central Ragusa Superiore. Fresh listing (3 days). Only 14% above median for a well-appointed, move-in-ready property is reasonable. Missing energy class and sea distance, but no material red flags. Light cosmetic refresh only, hence low renovation estimate.
More on the house and the area
A habitable 144sqm townhouse in central Ragusa Superiore at €521/m2, which is cheap for the location and gives a mild bargain effect. The building sits among Ragusa's Baroque-era streetscape with some historic character (stone balconies, pece stairs, wood-beamed attic), but the property itself is unremarkable: dated tiled floors, plain kitchens with fruit-print tablecloths, a tired blue bathroom, and windows opening onto a cramped, weathered alley. The garage and cellar are practical pluses but not wow-worthy. No stunning interiors, exteriors, or views. Overall a solid ordinary listing rather than a scroll-stopper.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €150/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€7,000 – €12,000
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 dated and plainly finished despite 2000 renovation
- No standout views or architectural features inside
- Window view is onto a narrow, run-down alley
- Energy class not stated
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 55/100The cluster is in the Hyblaean plateau around Ragusa, with limestone hills cut by deep valleys locally called cave. The Irminio river valley lies nearby, and the Mediterranean coast around Marina di Ragusa is about 20 km away so it does not count as an immediate landscape feature. Ragusa is the nearest town of size and has the late-Baroque historic districts of Ragusa Ibla and Superiore; the Val di Noto UNESCO site covers Ragusa together with other towns of south-eastern Sicily. The area is known for dry-stone walls, pasture and carrubo countryside, and for the Baroque towns of the south-east.