Casa indipendente in Via Rettifilo
Indipendenza e centralità ad Alliste! A pochi passi dalla suggestiva Piazza San Quintino, in via Rettifilo, proponiamo in vendita una graziosa abitazione indipendente di circa 45 mq, pronta da vivere. L’immobile è composto da ingresso, camera da letto, cucina abitabile e bagno. Completa la proprietà uno scoperto…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €1,140/m², or about €1,340/m² including a modest €200/m² allowance, this is substantially above the €598/m² local comparison level. The independent home appears ready to live in, has legal habitability, a 15 m² outdoor area and is only 4 km from the sea, but the price leaves limited value margin.
More on the house and the area
A compact, freshly renovated-looking Puglian house with attractive facade detailing, bright rooms, a traditional stone washbasin, and a private paved courtyard. It is a genuine usable home with a bathroom, kitchen sink, windows, utilities, and stated habitability, but it still feels like a basic blank canvas rather than a finished dream interior.
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€3,000 – €5,000
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 home is largely unfurnished, with bare floors, exposed light wiring, and a kitchen that still needs cabinetry/appliances.
- Visible damp staining appears along some lower walls and should be investigated.
- Energy class G and heating provision are not evident in the photos.
- The 15 sqm courtyard is attractive but enclosed and urban rather than scenic.
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 53/100This is the Salento plain, with flat to gently rolling agricultural land dominated by olive groves and fields. The Ionian coast is within about 10 km, with the nearest seaside stretch around Torre San Giovanni and the marinas of Racale and Alliste. Gallipoli is the nearest town of size, with a substantial historic centre and port. In this part of lower Salento the area is known for olive cultivation and for summer access to the Ionian beaches.