Villetta a schiera in Via Siracusa
Casa di quattro piani situata tra Via Siracusa e Salita Regina Elena. Il piano terra dispone di un garage con una superficie utile di circa 53 metri quadrati. Il piano terra comprende anche un ripostiglio di circa 13 metri quadrati. Il primo piano è un ammezzato con un'altezza utile di 2 metri che si estende per circa…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Bathroom
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €75,000 (€268/m²), the 280 m² townhouse is priced about 40% below the local €446/m² reference and includes a garage, terrace and garden. However, the listing does not state the condition, legal habitability or renovation needs; allowing roughly €700/m² for an older four-storey property would make the effective cost unattractive.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, characterful townhouse in Cianciana’s historic center, with a handsome stone entrance, traditional balconies, terrazzo floors, and a four-level layout. However, the interior is basic and work-in-progress rather than move-in ready, with no finished kitchen visible and several areas needing renovation. The generous 280 sqm offers strong potential, but the current appeal is more about space and historic setting than immediate dream-home livability.
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€55,000 – €98,000
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.
- Interiors appear dated and partly unfinished, with exposed ceiling repairs and visible plumbing work.
- No kitchen or finished living spaces are shown, so substantial renovation may be needed before comfortable occupancy.
- The narrow historic-town setting offers limited private outdoor space and street parking appears constrained.
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 56/100This is inland south-west Sicily in the valley country between the Sicani hills and the lower Belice-Platani area. The Platani river system is the main named landscape feature in this part of the province. Monte Cammarata and the Sicani mountains are to the north, within roughly the wider 15 km landscape only at its edge from Cianciana, and the nearest higher mountain country is around Cammarata and Santo Stefano Quisquina. The nearest coast used in daily life is the Agrigento shoreline around Eraclea Minoa and the Ribera-Seccagrande side, but it is outside the immediate landscape radius. The nearest town of size is Ribera, which has the main services for this inland area. This part of Sicily is known for olive groves, vineyards and inland hill villages.