Casa indipendente
Sito nel centro storico di Caltagirone, quartiere Acquanuova dove sorgono le famose fontane del Gagini, area servita nelle vicinanze da bus di linea urbano, attività commerciali ed artigianali varie, scuola materna ed elementare, tabacchi, a breve distanza da Via Roma una delle strade principali e commerciali del paese…
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
At €20,000 for 53 sqm, the ask is €377/sqm; with a habitable-condition allowance of about €200/sqm, the effective cost is roughly €577/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €445/sqm. The score stays high because it is a livable historic-center townhouse with terrace, good photo coverage, and a very low absolute entry price for Sicily despite only being modestly above this conservative baseline.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable little townhouse, not a shell: it has finished rooms, kitchen, two bathrooms and a small terrace. But the photos show very little beauty or atmosphere—no notable historic character, no real view, and a fairly plain, worn exterior. At €20k it feels practical value rather than a dream-home scroll stopper.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/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€4,000 – €6,000
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.
- No view; terrace faces close neighboring walls.
- Interiors are plain and functional rather than characterful.
- Facade and exterior spaces look basic and a bit worn.
- Likely needs cosmetic updating despite being habitable.
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 area sits in the Erei uplands, with cultivated hills, clay slopes and broad inland valleys typical of central-eastern Sicily. The nearest town of size is Caltagirone, which has a large historic centre, Baroque churches and the ceramic tradition for which it is known. Caltagirone is on the UNESCO listing of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto. The area is known for ceramics and for mixed grain, olive and vineyard countryside.