Casa Indipendente con cortile da ammodernare
Proponiamo in vendita a Mesagne, in Via Ugo Foscolo, nei pressi di Via Torre Santa Susanna, un’abitazione indipendente al piano terra di circa 156 mq, con area solare di proprietà e cortile privato DA AMMODERNARE. Inserita in un contesto tranquillo e ben servito, la proprietà rappresenta una soluzione interessante per…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableMust be done first
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €97,000 asking price looks attractive at €439/m², but the home is explicitly described as needing modernization; allowing roughly €500/m² brings the effective cost to about €939/m², above the local €714/m² comparison level. The listing also gives 221 m² in the figures but describes approximately 156 m² of living space, which should be verified before proceeding.
More on the house and the area
This is a spacious, genuinely usable independent townhouse with a full kitchen, three bedrooms, solid floors, air conditioning, and abundant traditional furnishings. Its generous proportions and livability are appealing, but the plain street frontage, dated interiors, lack of views, and absence of distinctive historic architecture keep it in the charming rather than dream-home category.
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.
Our read of the photos, €500/m², falls in this band.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€25,000 – €43,000
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 home is habitable but clearly dated and would benefit from modernization.
- Only one bathroom is shown/listed for a relatively large three-bedroom house.
- The private courtyard and rooftop area are described but not visibly demonstrated 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 56/100The area around Mesagne is the Salento plain, with level farmland of olive groves, vineyards and fields. The nearest coast is the Adriatic around Brindisi and Torre Guaceto; the Torre Guaceto protected marine area is roughly within 15 km to the east-northeast. Brindisi is the nearest city of size, with a port, rail connections and airport. The area is known for olive oil and wine production.