Casa bifamiliare in Via Sant'Antonio da Padova 19
A pochi passi dal centro storico di Poggiardo, proponiamo in vendita un immobile di circa 70 mq, caratterizzato dal fascino autentico delle tradizionali abitazioni salentine. La proprietà si compone di due ampi vani con suggestive volte a stella e pavimentazione originale in cementine, elementi architettonici di grande…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €38,000 purchase price is attractive at €543/m², but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,243/m²—nearly double the local €630/m² benchmark. Historic architectural features, a garden, and proximity to Poggiardo’s center add appeal, but the listing does not specify the exact condition of systems or the building age.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuinely characterful Salento townhouse with striking original cementine floors, elegant star-vaulted ceilings, and traditional doors and fixtures. It appears structurally usable rather than a ruin, but it needs meaningful renovation, and the polished kitchen and bedroom images are renders rather than existing rooms. At €38,000, the historic character gives it strong dream-home potential for a buyer willing to restore it.
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€14,000 – €25,000
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 needs renovation; the actual bathrooms appear dated and partly unfinished.
- Several attractive images are photorealistic renovation renders, not the current condition.
- No garden or outdoor space is visible in the gallery, despite being mentioned in the description.
- Energy class G and likely old windows/utilities may mean additional upgrade costs.
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 61/100This is the Salento plain in the south of the peninsula, with flat to gently rolling limestone countryside shaped by olive groves, dry-stone walls and small fields. The Adriatic coast is about 6 km away around Santa Cesarea Terme and Castro, with a low rocky shoreline and sea caves on this stretch. The nearest town of size is Maglie, which has the main local services and rail connections; Lecce is the main city for the area farther northwest. The area is known for Salento stone villages, olive-growing and the Greek-influenced cultural area of the Grecìa Salentina nearby.