Renovation Cost Calculator for Sicily
Get an instant estimate for your renovation project in Sicily
Use this estimator as a planning tool to understand realistic renovation ranges in Sicily before requesting contractor quotes. It combines square-meter benchmarks, property complexity, and key systems such as electrical, plumbing, and HVAC.
For the most accurate result, prepare floor plans, photos, and renovation priorities. Our team can then turn this estimate into a detailed quote with timeline, scope, and permit guidance.
Configure Your Project
This is an indicative estimate only. Actual costs may vary based on property condition, specific requirements, and market conditions. Contact us for a detailed quote.
How Long Will Your Project Take?
Based on your selections above, here's an estimated timeline
For a 100m² house with standard renovation
What's Included in Each Level
Light Renovation
€400-600/m²
- Painting & wall finishes
- Floor refinishing
- Basic fixtures update
- Minor repairs
Standard Renovation
€700-1000/m²
- All Light items
- New flooring
- Kitchen renovation
- Bathroom renovation
- Window replacement
Premium Renovation
€1100-1500/m²
- All Standard items
- Electrical rewiring
- Plumbing update
- HVAC installation
- High-end finishes
What Drives a Renovation Quote in Sicily
The estimator works on averages. A real quote moves up or down with a handful of factors that only a survey can confirm, and two properties of the same size can end up far apart. These are the factors that make the biggest difference.
The state of the building
A flat refurbished not long ago and a farmhouse that has stood empty for decades are different jobs, even at the same size. Rising damp, a failing roof, loose plaster and old wiring all add work before a single finish goes on.
Structural work
Strengthening floors, rebuilding a roof, opening a load-bearing wall or repairing cracked masonry needs a structural engineer, calculations under the NTC 2018 rules and a filing at the provincial Genio Civile. In older Sicilian buildings it is often the largest variable in the budget.
Impianti
Rewiring, plumbing and drainage, heating, air conditioning and hot water are priced on the number of points and the length of each run. In thick stone walls, cutting channels and making good takes longer than in modern brick or block.
Finishes and materials
Floors, windows, doors, kitchens and sanitaryware are where two projects of the same size diverge most. Local materials such as terracotta, Etna lava stone or Sicilian limestone are priced differently from standard porcelain, and handmade pieces have longer lead times.
Access and logistics
A historic centre with narrow lanes, a top floor without a lift or a country plot on an unmade road all change how materials arrive and rubble leaves. Scaffolding, small vehicles, hoists and occupation of public land (suolo pubblico) are priced separately.
Permits and technical fees
Drawings, the CILA, SCIA or Permesso di Costruire, structural calculations, site safety documents, cadastral updates and any Soprintendenza or landscape authorisation carry professional fees and filing costs. A listed building or a coastal property usually needs more of them.
VAT category
Renovation work on homes in Italy can fall under different VAT rates depending on the type of intervention, the property and the goods supplied with the work. Every quote we issue states the rate that applies, so you can compare totals including tax rather than net figures.
What the Estimate Can and Cannot Tell You
Use the figure to plan, not to sign. Here is where its limits are.
It can tell you
- A realistic range to plan your finances around
- How much the level of renovation changes the budget
- How a house, villa or historic building shifts the cost
- What adding new impianti, a kitchen or a bathroom does to the total
- A rough duration for each phase of the works
It cannot know
- Hidden defects behind plaster, under floors or in the roof
- Whether the property matches its approved plans and cadastral record
- The structural work only an engineer can confirm
- The exact price of the finishes and brands you choose
- Technical fees, permit costs and VAT for your specific case
How to Get a Firm Quote
The clearer the brief, the closer the first quote is to the final cost. Four steps take you from this range to a figure you can sign.
Get a Detailed Quote- 1
Send the basics
Photos of every room and the outside, plans if you have them, the address and what you want to achieve. WhatsApp or email both work, in English or Italian.
- 2
Survey and checks
We visit, measure and look at the structure, the impianti and the paperwork, including whether the property matches its approved plans.
- 3
Detailed quote
You receive a quote with quantities, unit prices, the materials agreed, the permits required and a phased timeline.
- 4
Contract and filing
Once scope and price are agreed, the quote becomes part of the contract and the permits are filed so the works can be scheduled.