Rustico/casale in Via Roma
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What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The €75,000 asking price is very low at €326/m² versus €799/m² locally, but the building is explicitly unfinished and includes 120 m² of commercial space rather than being a straightforward home. At an estimated €700/m² completion cost, the effective cost is about €1,026/m², making this a mixed-use renovation project rather than a clear bargain.
More on the house and the area
This is a large, structurally substantial two-story building with a small planted rear courtyard, balconies and a generous planned layout. However, the photos show raw concrete, unfinished floors, open window openings and no usable living interiors, making it a major renovation project rather than a ready home. The low price per square metre is appealing, but the property has limited immediate dream-home appeal.
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€46,000 – €81,000
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 an unfinished shell requiring substantial completion, including interiors, finishes, utilities, kitchen and bathroom installation.
- The ground floor is planned as commercial space, so converting or adapting it for residential use may require checking permits and costs.
- No attractive views or distinctive historic features are shown; the setting is a typical urban street.
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, with low olive-growing countryside and scattered masserie between the Ionian and Adriatic sides of the peninsula. The nearest coast is the Ionian shore around Torre San Giovanni and Ugento, about 15 km away, with long sandy beaches and pine-backed stretches; the Adriatic coast is farther and does not count for the immediate setting. The nearest larger town is Casarano, which provides the main services, shops and rail connections for this part of southern Salento; Gallipoli is the nearest coastal town of size. Ugento, within the surrounding area, has a historic centre and an archaeological museum, and its coastal territory is what this area is most known for. The area is broadly known for olive groves, dry-stone rural landscape and access to the beaches of the lower Salento Ionian coast.