Casa indipendente in Via Campa 47
A Melpignano, si propone in vendita un immobile, in via Campa 25, a pochi metri dal centro storico e ben collegato ai diversi accessi del paese. Col prospetto nella locale “pietra leccese”, l’edificio è composto da un unico grande vano con due coperture di “volta a stella” (originariamente due vani), un vano scala che porta al terrazzo, con accesso...
What it really costs
- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
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The description says it is a single large room with terrace access and no bedroom, which strongly suggests a non-standard/non-habitable unit rather than a normal dwelling. At €38,000 for 65 sqm it looks cheap (€585/sqm vs €688/sqm baseline), but if used as a project the effective cost is about €1,685/sqm including full restoration, and the layout/legal use risk is the decisive issue.
More on the house and the area
The star-vaulted interiors are the real wow here: tall, elegant and genuinely atmospheric, with a fireplace and beautiful historic volume. It looks structurally sound and largely finished rather than derelict, but still more like a refined blank canvas than a ready home. At €38k, the character-for-money is excellent even if the outside and setting are quite ordinary.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€26,000 – €38,000
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.
- Currently a very basic one-room layout with no finished kitchen shown
- Appears partially refurbished rather than fully move-in ready
- Exterior/street presence is plain and there are no real views
- Rooftop terrace looks raw and would need setup/works to feel usable
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.