Casa indipendente in Via Sempione 147
In via Sempione ( zona scuola Vittorini) vendiamo casetta da ristrutturare composta da ingresso/ cucina e bagno a piano terra; 1 camera a primo piano e 1 camera e terrazza a secondo piano € 28 mila rif. Biv. 296).
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €28,000 (€467/m²), the asking price matches the Avola baseline, but estimated renovation raises the effective cost to about €1,167/m² (€70,000 total), well above the €467/m² median. The property is only 1 km from the sea, but the single photo and missing condition/details add uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
A very inexpensive, narrow three-level Sicilian house with a small terrace and genuine potential for a compact town home near the sea. However, the facade is significantly deteriorated and the property is explicitly sold as needing renovation, so it is a project rather than a ready-to-live-in dream house.
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€12,000 – €21,000
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.
- Clearly requires substantial renovation, with heavily weathered plaster and exposed-looking exterior wiring.
- Only one exterior photo is provided, so the interior condition, roof, utilities, and terrace usability are unverified.
- The listing mentions a bathroom and kitchen, but no finished or move-in-ready interiors are shown.
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 74/100The cluster is on the Ionian coast at Avola, with long low beaches and the mouth of the Cassibile river nearby. The limestone Hyblaean plateau rises immediately inland, and within this radius the Cavagrande del Cassibile reserve is the main landscape feature, with a deep canyon cut into the plateau. The Vendicari reserve and the baroque towns of the Val di Noto are important nearby destinations, but they lie beyond the immediate 15 km landscape. Syracuse is the nearest larger city, with full urban services and major archaeological remains. The area is known for Nero d’Avola wine and almonds.