Casa indipendente in Via Fabio Pittore 36
Nella parte alta del borgo di Ugento a soli due passi dal centro cittadino, proponiamo in vendita abitazione storica a piano terra. La casa ha 4 ingressi da un doppio affaccio. All’intero è composta da 4 ampi vani volte a stella, cucina, 2 bagni completi e ripostiglio. All’esterno abbiamo loggiato retrostante con…
What it really costs
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At €63,000 for 180 sqm, the ask is just €350/sqm; assuming about €250/sqm for updating a historic but apparently usable house, the effective cost is about €600/sqm, well below the local baseline of €833/sqm. The description indicates a real dwelling with 2 bathrooms, kitchen, multiple entrances and 15 photos, plus a near-center location in Puglia about 6 km from the sea.
More on the house and the area
The star-vaulted rooms give this house real southern Italian character and strong volume, and at this size/price it has some bargain appeal. But the photos also show widespread damp, crumbling plaster, debris, and tired service areas, so this is a solid historic house needing real renovation rather than an easy move-in home. The beauty is mainly inside, not in the exterior setting.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €250/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€15,000 – €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.
- Needs significant renovation for damp/plaster damage throughout.
- Bathrooms and kitchen are outdated and partly stripped, so not move-in ready.
- Exterior is plain and weathered, with no proven garden, terrace, or view.
- Likely best as a character restoration project rather than immediate 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 73/100The cluster lies in the Salento peninsula, in flat to gently undulating countryside of olive groves and fields. The Ionian coast is nearby, with the long sandy shore of Torre San Giovanni and the low dune and pinewood belt along this stretch of coast. The area includes the Litorale di Ugento Regional Natural Park on the coast. Ugento is the nearest town of size, with an old centre and an archaeological museum; Gallipoli and the larger services of Lecce are farther away for higher-order needs. The area is known for olive growing and for the beaches of the southwest Salento coast.