Casa indipendente in Via Indipendenza
A Surano, paesino a pochi Km dalle scogliere di Castro, Santa Cesarea e Andrano, proponiamo in vendita ampia casa indipendente con giardino retrostante. All'abitazione si accede da comoda veranda antistante ed è composta da 4 vani volte e stella e bagno. Il secondo ingresso è dal garage, grande vano di 40 mq con volta…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €89,000 for 215 sqm, the ask is just €414/sqm, but assuming a renovation-level budget of about €700/sqm the effective cost is roughly €1,114/sqm, above the local low-stock baseline of €833/sqm. The score stays strong because it is a large independent house with garden/garage near the Salento coast (7 km) and the description suggests character features, but it is not a clear price bargain once works are included.
More on the house and the area
This has real live-in potential: big vaulted rooms, a substantial garage, cellar spaces and a surprisingly lovely rear citrus garden. It is not a polished dream home yet, but it looks structurally usable and characterful rather than a shell, with good scope to convert into a beautiful Salento house near the coast.
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€43,000 – €76,000
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.
- Exterior facade needs refreshing
- Interiors are currently set up as a clinic/office, not a ready home
- Only one bathroom shown
- Flat roof/terrace areas may need maintenance checks
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 61/100The area is the low Salento plain, with olive groves, dry-stone walls and scattered small towns. The Adriatic coast is about 6 km away around Castro and Marina di Andrano, with a rocky shoreline and sea caves. Otranto is the nearest town of size in this part of eastern Salento, with a historic centre and port. Santa Cesarea Terme is nearby on the coast and is known for its thermal baths. This part of Salento is known for olive cultivation and for the chain of small historic centres across the peninsula.