Grazioso appartamentino
In contesto da poco rimodernato, proponiamo appartamento di 65 mq al piano rialzato, composto da 3 vani e due bagni. Terrazzo condominiale al quarto piano. Disponibilità immediata. Zona centrale ma riservata.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
Habitable 3-room apartment, immediate availability, fresh listing (7 days), 9 photos. However at €1046/m² it's ~47% above the local median of €710/m² (n=2632, solid baseline). Energy class G and 1967 build suggest dated systems needing modernization despite 'habitable' status. Price premium isn't justified by condition or features; no sea proximity or standout qualities. Overpriced relative to town norms.
More on the house and the area
Standard dated apartment in a small inland Puglia town. Interior shows worn terrazzo flooring, aged kitchen units, old bathroom fixtures, and generally tired finishes needing renovation. The exterior is an unremarkable orange plaster block from 1967 on a narrow side street. The rooftop terrace offers an open but banal view over low rooftops and antennas, and is communal rather than private. Low price and low eur/m2 but not exceptional for the area; nothing here stops the scroll.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €300/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.
- Dated interior with terrazzo floors and old fixtures throughout
- Energy class G (worst rating)
- Building from 1967 in need of updating
- Only 65 sqm on a raised ground floor
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 61/100The cluster lies on the Murge plateau, with open limestone countryside, cereal fields, pasture and patches of oak woodland in this part of inland Bari province. Alta Murgia National Park lies within reach of the area, and the landscape around Santeramo is part of the wider karst high plain of the Murge with sinkholes, rocky ground and dry-stone field boundaries. Matera is the nearest town of major size in daily use, with full services and the Sassi historic quarters. The area is known for Murgia grazing land, durum wheat country and meat production, especially the local cattle-breeding tradition.