Fifty metres. That is the distance from the front door to the water, and it is most of what this apartment is. The rest is the size: a hundred and twenty square metres, on a coast that was built in flats half that big.
What you get
An entrance area leads into a large, bright living room, the main room of the flat. There are also two bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Third floor, and the block has a lift. The flat is in good condition and can be used straight away, with room to change the finishes whenever you choose.
| Price | €185,000 |
|---|---|
| Floor area | 120 m² |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Bathrooms | 2 |
| Rooms | 4 |
| Energy class | G |
| Condition | Good condition |
| Reference | MIL-0028 |
Where it is
In Porto Cesareo, fifty metres from the Ionian shore. Shops, restaurants and the harbour are on foot; the beaches of Torre Lapillo and Punta Prosciutto are a short drive north.
Size is the unusual part. Most of what was built along this stretch is half this size or less, put up for July and August rather than for living in. This one holds a family through the whole year.
The apartment’s position also brings restrictions. Fifty metres from the shoreline puts it well inside the protected coastal band, where verandas, fixed awnings and external changes need landscape authorisation. If you are buying to let, the comune rules on tourist lettings apply too.
Questions buyers ask
What condition are the services in?
Likely original to the building. The flat is in good order and lived in as it stands; what dates is the wiring, the plumbing and the window frames, and a class G rating is the sign of it before anyone opens a cupboard. Have a surveyor price that work before you offer, because the figure moves the arithmetic more than the asking price does. Then ask for the declaration of conformity for the electrical system. On coastal stock built before the 2000s it is often missing, and where it is missing a qualified technician can issue a declaration of suitability on the circuits as they are, which makes them lawful to alter or reconnect. That cost falls on the buyer and almost nobody has it in the budget. Read the energy certificate for the same reason. It runs ten years, and it lapses early if work changes how the flat performs, or if a required service on the heating system is skipped.
See it for yourself
Ring the office on +39 0832 391489 or send a note through the contact form. From the balcony you catch glimpses of the town going about its day; give it a minute when you come. Send Camillo anything you want settled before you travel; he writes back in English. Once your dates for Porto Cesareo are fixed, send them over and we will book the viewing.
Reference for this property: MIL-0028. We have been FIMAA-registered agents in Lecce since 1994, we work in English every day, and the Google rating for the office is 4.9 from 59 reviews.