Casa Indipendente
Questa spaziosa Casa Indipendente situata nel comune di Poggiardo (LE) rappresenta un'opportunità unica per chi desidera creare la propria dimora su misura. La casa si estende su una superficie di 156 mq, offrendo ampi spazi e potenzialità illimitate. L'immobile si sviluppa su un unico livello e comprende una cucina…
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
At €564/m² this townhouse sits ~24% below the local median of €738/m² (n=1056, solid baseline), giving genuine upside for a 156m² single-level home. Description is coherent: needs renovation, extra spaces (garage, cellar, deposito, solarium), dual-street access. 24 photos support a real, habitable-to-be property. Renovation of a 1960 house needing full works runs ~€500-600/m². Deducting for missing energy class, sea distance, and 1960 build with unspecified renovation scope. Total buy+reno (~€88k + ~€86k) still likely near or below turnkey market value, making this a solid value play rather than a diamond.
More on the house and the area
Standard dated Puglia townhouse in Poggiardo needing renovation. Exterior is a worn brown-toned facade with decorative breeze-block screens typical of 1960s builds, nothing striking. Interiors are dated and tired: brown wood kitchen cabinets, ochre wall tiles, terrazzo floors, peeling plaster, vintage chandeliers and old radiators. Rooms are spacious but empty and unmemorable. The double street access, cellar, garage and solarium are practical pluses but not visual wow. At €564/m2 it is affordable but not an exceptional bargain given the renovation scope. No standout view, location, or architectural character to stop a scroller.
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, €550/m², falls in this band.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€31,000 – €55,000
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.
- Needs full renovation
- Dated interiors with worn walls and vintage tiling
- No sea distance or energy class listed
- Exterior facade is tired and unremarkable
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.