Rustico/casale in Sp24
A soli 2 km circa di distanza dal grazioso borgo di Testa dell’Acqua e a 15 minuti di auto circa dal centro storico patrimonio Unesco di Noto, proponiamo oggi in vendita, in Contrada Mezzogregorio, fabbricato rurale da ristrutturare con terreno agricolo. Il fabbricato di circa 80 mq, si sviluppa interamente su un piano e si affaccia direttamente sul terreno...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The listing is a 80 sqm rural building explicitly described as 'fabbricato rurale da ristrutturare' with agricultural land, so I price it as a full restoration at about EUR 1,100/sqm. That makes the effective cost about EUR 153,000 total (~EUR 1,913/sqm), far above the local baseline of EUR 441/sqm; proximity to Noto helps a little, but the numbers are weak and the rural/agricultural wording is a concrete risk.
More on the house and the area
The rural Sicilian setting has some charm, with dry-stone walls, mature trees and a simple old farmhouse profile. But this is not a usable home: the roof is breached, the structure looks distressed, and no livable interior is shown. It reads as a restoration project rather than a place you could realistically move into.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€32,000 – €47,000
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.
- Partially collapsed roof visible from the photos.
- No bathroom or habitable interior is shown; this is a full renovation project.
- Exterior walls show cracks, erosion and missing fabric.
- Utilities/access/permissions for rebuilding should be verified carefully.
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 68/100The cluster is in the Hyblaean plateau countryside south-west of Noto, with low limestone hills, dry valleys and a farmed landscape of olive groves, almond trees and stone-walled fields. The Tellaro valley is part of this area, and the Vendicari area on the Ionian coast is farther east rather than inside the immediate 15 km radius. Noto is the nearest town of size, with a full set of daily services and a historic centre rebuilt in Sicilian Baroque; the town is part of the UNESCO listing "Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto". This part of south-eastern Sicily is known for Baroque towns, almonds, olive oil and stone-built rural masserie.