Casa Indipendente in vendita a Chiaramonte Gulfi
L'agenzia Immobiliare Internazionale RE/MAX presenta in vendita una Casa Indipendente in Contrada Cicimia a Chiaramonte Gulfi. L'immobile si sviluppa per un totale di 133 mq su due livelli. É composto da ingresso su soggiorno, disimpegno, cucina con annessa lavanderia, 2 camere da letto e bagno. Al piano superiore…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Roof
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The €55,000 asking price is attractive at €414/m² versus the €445/m² local reference, but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,114/m². The 5,500 m² olive-and-fruit plot, well, garage, terrace and panoramic setting add value, but the house is explicitly in need of renovation and is 27 km from the sea.
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The setting is genuinely appealing: a traditional rural Sicilian home surrounded by approximately 5,500 sqm of olive and fruit trees, with broad countryside views and old tiled-roof character. However, the buildings look tired and partly agricultural in condition rather than move-in ready, so this is a renovation project with real living potential—not yet a beautiful finished home.
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.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€26,000 – €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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Substantial renovation appears necessary, with visibly aged roofs, façades, outbuildings and courtyards.
- The property includes a large olive grove requiring ongoing agricultural maintenance.
- Utilities and the condition of the well, cistern, heating and building systems 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 58/100The cluster is in the Hyblaean uplands, with a limestone plateau of farmed hills, dry valleys and stone-built villages. Chiaramonte Gulfi sits above the Irminio valley system, and the countryside around it is known for olive groves and other dryland farming. Ragusa is the nearest town of size, with the larger range of services and the baroque historic fabric for which this part of south-eastern Sicily is known. The Val di Noto UNESCO baroque towns are a regional draw, but the immediate 15 km landscape is inland plateau rather than a single standout natural feature.