Casa indipendente in Via Spadaro Benedetto
Ibleo Immobiliare propone in vendita a Ispica centro, in posizione centrale a pochi passi dal Corso, dalle scuole e dai principali servizi della città, un appartamento con ingresso indipendente di 80 mq oltre pertinenze al piano superiore. La proprietà si sviluppa interamente al primo piano e si articola in: ingresso, cucina, zona living, due camere da letto e un...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €1,062/m² before works, the asking price is already more than double the €464/m² local comparison level; assuming modest €200/m² for an unspecified condition, the effective cost reaches about €1,262/m². The central location and independent entrance help, but the listing does not say the condition and calls the property both a country house and a central apartment.
More on the house and the area
A clean, solid independent-entry townhouse apartment with attractive traditional patterned floors, wooden shutters, and a usable balcony. The rooms, bathroom, and finishes look broadly livable, but the kitchen still needs fitting and the property has ordinary urban surroundings rather than a spectacular Italian setting.
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€5,000 – €9,000
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 kitchen appears unfinished and lacks fitted cabinets/appliances.
- The home is unfurnished and would need light finishing before occupation.
- Urban street setting with no meaningful view or private outdoor space beyond the balcony.
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 the south-eastern Sicilian coastal plain around Ispica, with low limestone country and cultivated land. The Mediterranean coast is within the local radius, with the long sandy shore of Santa Maria del Focallo and the coast toward Pozzallo. Cava d’Ispica, the limestone ravine with rock-cut settlements and chapels, lies by the town and is the main named landscape feature inside the area. Vendicari Nature Reserve is farther north beyond the 15 km radius and does not define the immediate setting. The nearest town of size is Modica, which has a large historic centre and services. The area is known for early vegetables in greenhouse agriculture and for carob and olive country inland.