SAN GIORGIO IONICO – Stabile indipendente da ristrutturare
SAN GIORGIO IONICO – Stabile indipendente da ristrutturare. Needs renovation, esposizione esterna, terrazzo, cantina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Damp
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €25,000 asking price is attractive at €263/m², but substantial renovation at roughly €700/m² brings the estimated all-in cost to about €963/m², above the local €630/m² benchmark. The terrace and cellar add appeal, but the listing confirms the house needs renovation and is 11 km from the sea.
More on the house and the area
This is a genuine independent townhouse with attractive vaulted ceilings, a usable layout, and a large rooftop terrace. It is not a ruin—the floors, bathroom, roof structure, and utilities appear substantially present—but the interiors are tired, damp-looking, and require meaningful renovation before becoming a comfortable dream 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€19,000 – €34,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Clearly needs renovation, including extensive repainting and repair of peeling walls.
- The kitchen is not shown and may require installation or major updating.
- The rooftop terrace is spacious but weathered and likely needs waterproofing or resurfacing.
- Urban setting with no private garden and limited confirmed views.
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 42/100This is inland Salento on the low limestone plain between Taranto and the Ionian side of the peninsula, with olive groves, vineyards and scattered masserie around the settlements. The nearest large town is Taranto, which provides the main services, port and railway connections. The area is known for agriculture, especially olives, wine and other produce of the Taranto plain.