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Casa indipendente in Via Monastero 24

Ferla, Sicilia
Bedrooms
4
Baths
1
135
Price per m²
€296
Property type
Country house
Rooms
5 locali

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What it really costs

Can you move in?

Livable, but something basic is worn out

Condition not stated in the listing

Must be done first

  • Damp
  • Wiring
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Why this price is what it is

At €40,000 (€296/m²), the house needs renovation estimated at about €94,500, bringing the effective cost to roughly €996/m² versus a local benchmark of €464/m². Its 135 m², garage, balcony and 44 photos are positives, but the renovation burden makes this weak value.

More on the house and the area
What the photos show

This is a substantial historic town house in Ferla, with an attractive carved-stone doorway, ornate balcony and traditional tiled street setting. The interior is roofed and usable rather than a ruin, but it is very dated, worn and in need of meaningful renovation, with no garden or notable view to create a stronger dream-home effect.

Minimum to live in it350500/m²
€47,000 – €68,000

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.

This house
Comfortable
€81,000 – €122,000

All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.

Our read of the photos, €700/m², falls in this band.

Full1,2001,500/m²
€162,000 – €203,000

Turnkey, facade and insulation included.

Materials only, work you may do yourself€27,000 – €48,000

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.

Asking price + this range
€121,000 – €162,000
What worries us about this house
  • Clearly dated and described as needing renovation.
  • Visible damp/staining and aging finishes suggest more than a simple cosmetic refresh.
  • Only one bathroom for a 135 sqm, five-room house; no clear evidence of heating or overall systems condition.

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 86/100

The Anapo River and its limestone gorge run through the immediate area. The Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica and the Riserva Naturale Orientata Valle dell'Anapo e Pantalica lie within about 15 km; the necropolis is part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing "Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica." Palazzolo Acreide is the nearest larger town (a few kilometres away) with shops, bars and municipal services and is one of the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (UNESCO-listed). No ski facilities are present in the immediate area. The surrounding landscape is made up of limestone plateaus, ravines and Mediterranean vegetation, with archaeological sites and rural farmland.

The comune of Ferla
People living here
2,235
-10.6% between the 2011 and 2021 census
Over 65
27%
12% are under 14
Landslide zone
0.6%
of residents live in a high-risk landslide area
How far to everything
To the sea
23 km
Property address:Via Monastero 24
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Asking price

40,000
Deal score
38/100
Dream
68/100
Wow
48/100

Listed 26/08/2026