Casa indipendente in Via Giuseppe Mazzini 52
Nel centro del paese piccola soluzione caratteristica completamente da ristrutturare. Si accede da un piccolo scoperto antistante di proprietà e si compone da due vani a piano rialzato con le caratteristiche volte a stella e sottostante piano seminterrato con volte a botte.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Wiring
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €475/m² it looks cheap, but complete renovation at about €1,100/m² puts the effective cost near €1,575/m² versus a €646 local baseline. The town-center location and vaulted character add appeal, but the listing does not state bathroom provision or legal/technical status.
More on the house and the area
This tiny Puglian village house has genuine character, especially the star-vaulted rooms, barrel-vaulted lower level and small private entrance court. However, it is clearly a renovation project rather than a usable home today, with no bathroom, dated interiors and extensive repair needs.
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€16,000 – €23,000
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.
- Completely renovation-required, with visibly deteriorated plaster, damp staining and worn exterior surfaces.
- No bathroom is shown or listed, and utilities/installations may require substantial work.
- Access is through a narrow shared-looking passage and the home has only a very small outdoor area.
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 56/100This is the inland Salento plain, with low limestone ground, olive groves and dense small-town settlement. The Adriatic coast is within about 15 km around Castro and Santa Cesarea Terme, where the shoreline is rocky rather than sandy. The area is known for Salento baroque towns, olive cultivation and the wider peninsula landscape between the Adriatic and Ionian seas. Maglie is the nearest larger town and has the main everyday services, shops and rail connections for this part of south Salento.