Casa indipendente in Via San Giovanni Bosco 32
Affascinante Casa d'Epoca da Ristrutturare nel Cuore di Chiaramonte Gulfi Nel pittoresco borgo di Chiaramonte Gulfi, immerso nel cuore del Barocco Ibleo, presentiamo in vendita un'affascinante casa indipendente d'epoca. L'immobile, di circa 100 mq, offre una rara opportunità per chi desidera personalizzare una dimora storica e creare la casa dei propri sogni in uno dei comuni più suggestivi...
What it really costs
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The €40,000 asking price is €400/m², slightly below the €467/m² Sicilian baseline, but the house is explicitly “da ristrutturare”; adding an estimated €70,000 renovation cost gives an effective €1,100/m². Its historic-borgo setting adds some location value, while missing condition, age, energy, and technical details limit confidence.
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This is a real, roofed and usable old town house with generous interiors, traditional details and an exceptional panoramic view across the Sicilian countryside. The €40,000 price is attractive for roughly 100 sqm, but the worn façade, aging fittings and renovation needs keep it below dream-home territory.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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 house clearly needs renovation, especially its exterior plaster, balconies, wiring and likely windows.
- Interiors are usable but dated, with only one bathroom and no clearly shown fitted kitchen.
- It is a dense town-center property with no private garden or terrace visible.
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 61/100The cluster sits in the Iblei uplands. Within about 15 km the landscape is a plateau of limestone hills, dry valleys and cultivated land, with long views across the Ragusa interior. Chiaramonte Gulfi is a hill town with a substantial historic centre and it is known locally for olive oil and traditional pork products. Ragusa, with full services and major shopping, schools and hospitals, is the nearest city of size. The wider area is part of the Hyblaean countryside of south-eastern Sicily rather than a single protected landmark landscape.