Casa Indipendente
Casa Indipendente - Comiso (RG) -
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At 375 EUR/m2 the price sits about 16% below the regional median of 446 EUR/m2, so it's modestly cheap but not a standout. The listing is thin: no condition, building year, or energy class, and only 5 photos with a nearly empty description ('Casa Indipendente - Comiso'). 0 beds recorded with 4 rooms and 1 bath suggests missing/unclear data. Fresh listing (7 days) is a positive. Without condition data, assume moderate renovation (~500 EUR/m2). Comiso is inland with no sea distance given. Overall a fair, low-cost entry but too little information to rate higher.
More on the house and the area
Modest 64sqm townhouse in Comiso, Sicily at €24k (€375/m2). Photos show a run-down property needing full renovation: crumbling exterior stucco, damp-stained and peeling interior walls, dated furnishings under dust sheets, and a neglected rear yard. Some minor period touches (wrought-iron balcony, tall ceilings) but nothing striking. Low price is typical for the area rather than an exceptional bargain given the extensive work required. No standout interior, exterior, view, or location features. Ordinary at best, leaning no-wow.
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€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.
- Property requires full renovation (peeling plaster, damp, exposed masonry)
- No sea distance, building year, energy class, or condition data provided
- Row house wedged between larger buildings with no notable view
- Exterior facade heavily deteriorated
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 55/100This is the inland Hyblaean plateau around Comiso, with low limestone hills, dry-stone walls, quarries and a farmed landscape of olive groves, vineyards and fields. The nearest coast is the Strait of Sicily shore around Marina di Ragusa and Scoglitti, with sandy beaches and low coastal ground rather than cliffs. Ragusa is the nearest larger town and has the Baroque historic quarters of Ragusa Ibla and Ragusa Superiore; together with nearby Modica and Scicli, this south-eastern Sicilian Baroque area has UNESCO status. The area is known for agriculture, especially wine, olive oil and greenhouse horticulture toward the coast.