Casa indipendente in Via Giuseppe Mazzini 25
In una stradina dal solo accesso pedonale, nel centro del paese, proponiamo in vendita caratteristica abitazione salentina composta da 2 vani, ripostiglio e bagno a piano primo e da un vano e ripostiglio a piano seminterrato. C'è un piccolo scoperto retrostante. l'immobile è da ristrutturare.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Damp
- Heating
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €38,000 (€380/m²), this 100 m² Salento house is priced below the local €646/m² reference, but its stated renovation need adds an estimated €70,000, bringing the effective cost to about €1,080/m². The central village location and 24 photos help, though pedestrian-only access and the substantial renovation reduce the appeal.
More on the house and the area
This has genuine Salento character: handsome vaulted ceilings, traditional stone floors, old fireplaces and an appealing historic doorway. It appears to be a real, roofed house with furnished rooms and a bathroom, not an empty shell, but it needs meaningful renovation and lacks outdoor space or a notable view.
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€20,000 – €35,000
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.
- The property is explicitly described as needing renovation, with visible damp, peeling exterior finishes and substantial clutter/work in progress.
- Access is pedestrian-only through narrow lanes, making furniture delivery, parking and renovation logistics difficult.
- A functional bathroom is listed, but no finished kitchen is visible in the gallery.
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.