Villa 70 m² in Viale dei Lecci 2, Statte (TA)
Villa 70 m² in Viale dei Lecci 2, Statte (TA). Needs renovation, autonomo heating, garage, cancello elettrico, caminetto, esposizione esterna, cucina, terrazzo.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
The €14,010 asking price looks low, but a 70 m² renovation at about €700/m² brings the estimated total to roughly €63,000, or €900/m²—well above the local €500/m² benchmark. The listing includes 18 photos and useful features such as a garage, heating, fireplace and terrace, but it does not state the number of bathrooms or the building year.
More on the house and the area
This is an exceptionally cheap 70 m² apartment in a villa, with a private terrace, garage, kitchen, bathroom, and access to a quiet semi-rural setting. However, it is a plain 1980s property in poor maintenance condition rather than a characterful Italian dream home, and the lack of real property photos limits its visual appeal.
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.
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.
- The property is explicitly in a precarious state and needs renovation.
- No actual interior or exterior property photos are provided, so finishes, light, and views cannot be verified.
- Auction purchase requires checking the appraisal, utilities, legal status, and renovation 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 49/100The cluster lies on the inland side of the Gulf of Taranto, in the plain and low limestone ridge country west of Taranto. The area is tied to the Gravine landscape of this part of Puglia, with ravines cut into the limestone plateau; the regional context is the Terra delle Gravine area. Taranto is the nearest city of size, with the historic centre on the two seas, port facilities, major services and rail connections. This part of the province is known for olives, vineyards and the industrial-port belt around Taranto.