Casa Indipendente a piano terra
# Casa Indipendente a Piano Terra - Opportunità di Investimento Scopri questa affascinante casa indipendente a piano terra di circa 80 m², situata in una posizione strategica e ricca di potenziale. Si tratta di un'ottima occasione per chi cerca un immobile da personalizzare e trasformare secondo i propri gusti. La…
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 €68,000 for 80 m², the ask is €850/m²; with a typical needs-renovation budget of ~€700/m², the effective cost is about €1,550/m² versus a local baseline of €731/m². Good town services and a private terrace/roof add some appeal, but on the numbers this is weak value for a renovation project.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a shell, with intact floors, bathroom, kitchen area and a lovely star-vaulted main room that gives it genuine Apulian character. The rear courtyard and private roof terrace add outdoor potential, but the overall look is dated and fairly plain, so the wow comes more from charm and value than from spectacle.
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€16,000 – €28,000
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 renovation/modernisation throughout.
- Exterior and courtyard are quite plain and weathered.
- No real view shown from the roof terrace.
- Layout is small and simple for full-time living.
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 58/100This is the inland Salento plain. The Adriatic coast is the nearest coast, with the Otranto area and its rocky shoreline roughly within 15 km. Maglie is the nearest town of size and has the usual services, shops and rail connections; Lecce is the main city for higher-order services farther away. This part of Salento is known for olive groves, dry-stone walls and the local pietra leccese and carparo stone-working landscape.