Casa indipendente in Strada Provinciale 20
In Contrada Targena, nella prima periferia di Comiso, proponiamo in vendita una soluzione ideale per chi desidera vivere in un contesto tranquillo e immerso nel verde, senza rinunciare alla comodità di raggiungere facilmente il centro abitato. CARATTERISTICHE PRINCIPALI L'immobile, attualmente accatastato in categoria…
What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
Despite the low €422/m² asking price, the property is explicitly registered as C/2 magazzino (storage), so it is not currently a legally recognized dwelling. Conversion feasibility and costs are unresolved, making this unsuitable as a straightforward livable-home deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely usable, furnished country property with a working kitchen, bathroom, several sleeping areas, exposed timber ceilings and a covered outdoor living space. Its large rustic grounds and mature trees add real rural appeal, while the €38,000 price is striking. However, the rough finishes and C/2 warehouse classification keep it well below dream-home territory until legality and renovation needs are confirmed.
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€18,000 – €32,000
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 property is registered as C/2 warehouse/magazzino rather than a standard dwelling, so residential use and permits need verification.
- Interiors are usable but very basic, with visible damp/finish issues, uneven-quality rooms and makeshift access to the loft level.
- The surrounding land and outbuildings look rustic and could require substantial clearing, maintenance or upgrading.
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 55/100This is the inland Hyblaean plateau around Comiso, with low limestone hills, dry-stone walls, quarries and a farmed landscape of olive groves, vineyards and fields. The nearest coast is the Strait of Sicily shore around Marina di Ragusa and Scoglitti, with sandy beaches and low coastal ground rather than cliffs. Ragusa is the nearest larger town and has the Baroque historic quarters of Ragusa Ibla and Ragusa Superiore; together with nearby Modica and Scicli, this south-eastern Sicilian Baroque area has UNESCO status. The area is known for agriculture, especially wine, olive oil and greenhouse horticulture toward the coast.