Asta - Lecce - Appartamento
Asta - Lecce - Appartamento. autonomo heating, garage.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listing- Sold at judicial auction
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €38,760 apartment is listed at €531/m², below Lecce’s €600/m² reference, but it is explicitly an auction property, which is a disqualifying legal and purchase-risk issue. The listing does not say what renovation work is required.
More on the house and the area
This is a practical, furnished 73 sqm apartment with a fitted kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, balcony, heating, and apparent garage access, so it looks broadly livable. However, the generic multi-story setting, utilitarian interiors, and lack of a special view or character make it more of a low-cost housing opportunity than a dream Italian home.
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€15,000 – €26,000
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.
- Auction purchase may involve legal, occupancy, or timing complications.
- Condition and building costs are not documented; the interiors appear usable but dated.
- Dense urban apartment setting with no notable view, garden, or historic character.
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 52/100This is the Salento plain, with flat agricultural land dominated by olive groves, vineyards and fields. Lecce is the nearest city and has a large Baroque historic centre, major services and a university. The Ionian coast around Porto Cesareo is the nearest stretch of sea, and the Adriatic coast east of Lecce is also reachable, but neither lies within the immediate 15 km landscape. The area is known for Salento agriculture and for the Baroque architecture of Lecce.