Casa indipendente in vendita a Melpignano
Noi di TEMPOCASA abbiamo quello che fa per te! Nel cuore del Salento, a Melpignano, proponiamo in VENDITA ESCLUSIVA una caratteristica casa indipendente, ideale per chi desidera vivere l’autenticità di un borgo salentino senza rinunciare agli spazi e alla funzionalità. Melpignano è un piccolo e affascinante borgo…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
A habitable 98 m² townhouse at €69,000 is fairly priced at €704/m², close to the local €714/m² benchmark. Allowing roughly €19,600 for updates brings the effective cost to about €904/m²; the Salento village setting, terrace, fireplace and three bedrooms add appeal, but this is not a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely livable Salento townhouse with charming star-vaulted ceilings, generous rooms, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a working kitchen with fireplace. The broad terrace and courtyard add real lifestyle value, although the exterior is functional rather than spectacular and the interiors would benefit from cosmetic modernization.
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.
- The home is clearly habitable but has dated furnishings, kitchen and bathroom finishes.
- The rooftop terrace is spacious but weathered and lacks a notable panoramic view.
- Energy performance and heating efficiency are not documented.
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.