Villa o villino in vendita a Caltagirone, Piano San Paolo
Villa in vendita a Caltagirone, zona Piano San Paolo, civico 85, libera al rogito. La proprietà si sviluppa su due livelli per un totale di 180 mq calpestabili, con 7,5 locali, tra cui 3 camere da letto e 2 bagni. L'immobile si presenta in buono stato di conservazione ed è completamente arredato e climatizzato. Dispone…
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Estimated effective price ≈ €131,000 (€95k + ≈€36k renovation) → about €728/m² vs regional median €380/m², so it is priced well above typical stock. The house is habitable, furnished and has garage/terrace/garden, but the high effective €/m² drives the low score.
More on the house and the area
A very livable 180 m² villa with a striking, unusual concrete tower and spiral stair — photogenic exterior and a large, private olive-grove garden. Interior is spacious and in habitable condition (attractive checkerboard marble floors and working kitchen/stove) but mildly dated, so you can move in and gradually update.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€12,000 – €20,000
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.
- Dated interior finishes — cosmetic updating likely (kitchens, bathrooms, decor).
- Exposed concrete elements and exterior surfaces will need maintenance/refresh.
- Rural setting with a long unpaved drive and no immediate sea access (sea ~24 km).
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 is in the inland hills of south-western Catania province, in a landscape of cultivated uplands, clay and tuff slopes, and scattered valleys. Caltagirone is the nearest substantial town and has a large historic centre, churches and palaces, and it is widely known for ceramics. The area lies within the zone of the Val di Noto late-Baroque towns, and Caltagirone is part of the UNESCO listing for the Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto. Piazza Armerina and the Erei uplands are within the wider surrounding interior, but the immediate 15 km landscape is mainly agricultural hill country rather than a single named natural feature.