Casa indipendente in Via delle Viole
Coldwell Banker propone in vendita una soluzione indipendente in zona Marza, pensata per chi cerca benessere a pochi passi dalla spiaggia. Gli spazi sono così distribuiti: veranda esterna, soggiorno con angolo cottura, due camere, bagno e un ripostiglio esterno da poter adibire a lavanderia. Il terreno di 1800 metri…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €746/m², the asking price is about 61% above the local €464/m² reference; allowing roughly €200/m² for an apparently usable but unspecified condition makes the effective cost still high. The 1 km distance from the sea, 1,800 m² of land, terrace and parking add meaningful value, but the listing does not say what condition or works are required.
More on the house and the area
A photogenic Sicilian country house with a sleek renovated entrance, generous covered terrace, and substantial surrounding land near the coast. The interior is a real, usable two-bedroom home with a new kitchen and bathroom, but several rooms and outdoor walls show age, damp staining, and unfinished-looking maintenance rather than turnkey condition.
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 – €7,000
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.
- The property appears to combine a freshly modernized front veranda and kitchen with older, visibly worn interior and exterior areas.
- The access track is unpaved and may be inconvenient, especially after rain.
- The large land parcel is attractive but appears partly rough and unlandscaped; utilities and legal status should be verified.
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 is on the Ionian coast of south-eastern Sicily, with a low sandy shoreline at Santa Maria del Focallo and the mouth of the Cava d’Ispica inland, a long limestone gorge that cuts into the Hyblaean plateau. Vendicari Nature Reserve lies to the north along the same coast, but outside the immediate 15 km landscape. The nearest town of size is Modica, which has a large historic centre built along a rocky valley. The wider area is known for dry-stone walls, stone farm buildings, carob and olive cultivation, and baroque towns of the Val di Noto UNESCO area, though the UNESCO centres are outside the immediate radius.