Casa Storica con Volte a Stella e Terrazzo Panoramico in Salento
In vendita il primo piano di un affascinante palazzo d'epoca, caratterizzato da ambienti di ampia metratura, altezze importanti e suggestive volte a stella, elemento distintivo dell'architettura tradizionale salentina. L'accesso avviene dal piano terra, dove troviamo l'ingresso con un piccolo servizio ricavato nel…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €70,000 (€551/m²), the asking price is 23% below the Puglia townhouse baseline of €714/m², but estimated renovation at €700/m² brings the effective cost to about €1,251/m². The historic star-vault architecture, terraces and 48 photos support genuine potential, but the property is inland and not yet updated to modern standards.
More on the house and the area
This is a generous Salento townhouse with authentic star-vaulted ceilings, high rooms, balconies, a fireplace, and an unusually extensive multi-level terrace system. It is a real, roofed and floored home with a kitchen and bathrooms, but the dated finishes and obsolete-looking service areas mean it is a renovation project rather than a move-in-ready house. At €70,000 for 127 sqm with strong historic character, it has convincing dream-home potential.
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€25,000 – €44,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Substantial renovation is needed, including updating dated interiors and likely electrical, plumbing, heating, and bathroom systems.
- The property appears to have been unoccupied for some time and is accessed through a shared ground-floor entrance.
- The terraces are promising, but the photos do not clearly prove a broad countryside panorama.
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 inland Salento, a low limestone plain with olive groves and scattered small towns. The nearest coast in daily life is the Ionian side around Ugento and Torre San Giovanni, about 15 km away, with sandy shoreline and coastal pinewoods. The Serra di Supersano, a modest ridge in this part of southern Salento, lies by the town. Lecce is the nearest city of size, with a university, hospitals and the Baroque historic centre. The area is known for olive growing and for the wider Salento cultural landscape of pajare, dry-stone walls and small historic centres.