Rustico/casale in Contrada Felicia
Terreno in Contrada Castellaccio che copre una superficie di circa 10.600 mq con circa 80 alberi di ulivo e terreno agricolo libero. Con piccolo fabbricato rurale in stile rustico che copre una superficie di 20 mq. La proprietà è vicina al centro abitato. Cianciana è una piccola città in provincia di Agrigento, è una…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
A project, not a home yet
Condition not stated in the listing- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is primarily 10,600 m² of agricultural land with olive trees and a 20 m² rural outbuilding, not a clearly habitable home. The listing does not say that the building can legally be used as a dwelling, so the €24,500 price should not be evaluated as a residential-house deal.
More on the house and the area
The setting is genuinely attractive, with rolling Sicilian hills, mature olive trees, and substantial agricultural land. However, the tiny rustic building is only shown externally and does not read as a proven livable house, so this is more of a land-and-restoration project than a dream home.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€8,000 – €12,000
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 20 sqm rural building appears to be a basic agricultural outbuilding rather than a clearly usable home.
- No interior photos are provided, and the condition, utilities, kitchen, and bathroom usability are unverified.
- The property is primarily 10,600 sqm of cultivated land with roughly 80 olive trees, not a ready-to-live-in farmhouse.
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.