Casa bifamiliare in Via Caprarica 95
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What it really costs
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At €670/m², the asking price is slightly below the Puglia townhouse baseline of €714/m², but the description says it is a house to transform, implying roughly €700/m² renovation. Effective cost is about €1,370/m² (€137,000 total); central location, independent entrance, garden and 55 photos provide some support, but condition and technical data are missing.
More on the house and the area
This independent Salento townhouse has genuine character, especially its traditional stonework and elegant star-vaulted ceilings, while the planted frontage adds some charm. However, the main living areas are currently an unfinished renovation shell with demolished floors, exposed wiring and rubble, so it is a project rather than a realistically livable home today.
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.
- Major renovation required: much of the interior is stripped to masonry with rubble floors and exposed wiring.
- No finished kitchen or bathroom is shown in the gallery.
- The attractive vaulted ceilings need restoration and integration with new services.
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 Salento plain inland from Lecce, with flat to gently undulating ground planted with olive groves and fields. The nearest town of size is Lecce, which has a large historic centre in baroque stone, major services and rail links. The Adriatic coast is the nearest coast, with the shore around San Cataldo and the wetlands and pinewoods of the Le Cesine State Nature Reserve within roughly 15 km. The area is known for Salento olive country and for Lecce baroque.