Casa indipendente in Via Giuseppe Mazzini 75
San Paolo di Civitate – Casa indipendente su più livelli con balcone e terrazzo coperto Nel centro abitato di San Paolo di Civitate, in Via Giuseppe Mazzini, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente sviluppata su tre livelli, ideale per chi desidera un’abitazione autonoma, dagli ambienti ampi e con le…
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €32,000 for 103 sqm, the ask is about €311/sqm; assuming a basically habitable house at ~€200/sqm renovation, the effective cost is ~€511/sqm, still well below the local baseline of €694/sqm. Independent house in the town center with 24 photos, balcony and covered terrace supports a strong value score, with no concrete red flags in the listing.
More on the house and the area
This is a real, usable house rather than a shell: it has functioning kitchen and bathrooms, large rooms, and looks structurally complete. But the visual wow is limited—no meaningful view, garden, or standout historic character is shown, and most interiors feel quite dated. The low price for 103 sqm helps, yet this reads more as a solid budget home than a dream-property scroll stopper.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/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€7,000 – €11,000
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.
- Very dated interiors and finishes throughout
- No proven view or attractive outdoor space in the photos
- Street facade is plain and urban rather than picturesque
- May need modernization despite appearing basically habitable
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 37/100This is the flat northern Puglia plain around the lower Fortore, with open agricultural land between San Severo and the Adriatic side of the province. The Fortore river runs to the north of the area. The nearest town of size is San Severo, which has a substantial historic centre and rail connections. Farther east the Gargano promontory and the Adriatic coast shape day-to-day logistics, but they are outside the immediate 15 km landscape. The area is known mainly for broad-acre farming, especially wheat, olives and tomatoes in the wider Tavoliere system.