Villa unifamiliare in Santa Elisabetta
Casa indipendente con giardino e terreno – Santa Elisabetta (AG), entroterra siciliano Casa a piano terra di un edificio a due piani, di proprietà divisa catastalmente in due unità distinte: il piano superiore, con entrata indipendente, appartiene a familiari e viene utilizzato solo per vacanza — in vendita solo…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableMust be done first
- Heating
See what needs doing and what each job costs
A habitable 180 m² villa at €500/m² is already above the local €389/m² benchmark; allowing roughly €21,600 for the stated updates brings the effective cost to about €620/m². The autonomous ground-floor unit, garden and 800 m² of land add value, but the inland location and lack of central heating limit the discount potential.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable 180 sqm home with a large fruit-tree garden, covered veranda, garage, and a striking rocky Sicilian hillside behind it. The interior is spacious and fully furnished, but strongly dated rather than characterful, so it feels more like a comfortable live-in renovation than a dream villa.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €120/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€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.
- Habitable but visibly dated, with older kitchens, bathrooms, furnishings, and finishes.
- No central heating or cooling; gas is currently supplied by cylinder.
- The property is only the ground-floor unit, while family members own and occasionally use the independent upper floor.
- Some electrical systems, finishes, floors, doors, and bathroom elements may need updating.
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 52/100This is inland south-central Sicily on low clay and limestone hills with farmed countryside and scattered villages. The Platani river system lies in this part of the province. Agrigento is the nearest city of size, with full services and the archaeological area of the Valle dei Templi. The area is known for cereal farming, olive groves and inland Sicilian hill settlements.