Trullo in vendita a Francavilla Fontana
Nel cuore dell'Alto Salento a Francavilla Fontana precisamente nell'affascinante e storica area adiacente alla Specchia Capece proponiamo la vendita di un autentico complesso di trulli e lamie in pietra da ristrutturare completamente . La proprietà rappresenta un ottimo investimento immobiliare e vanta un intero…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Damp
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
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At €60,000 plus an estimated €35,000 renovation, the effective cost is about €1,900/m², well above the €875/m² local comparison level. The listing provides few details about the renovation scope, utilities, and legal or energy status, so the price is difficult to justify.
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A highly photogenic group of traditional Puglian trulli set among olive trees and open countryside, with exceptional historic character and generous land. However, the interiors are essentially an unfinished, deteriorated shell rather than a usable home, so this is a major restoration project rather than a move-in property.
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€10,000 – €18,000
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.
- The interiors are raw and heavily deteriorated, with rubble floors, damaged plaster and exposed masonry.
- No finished kitchen, bathroom, utilities or other immediate living facilities are shown.
- The property appears to require substantial restoration, despite the trullo roofs looking largely intact.
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 51/100The area sits on the Murge threshold into the Salento plain, with mostly flat to gently rolling agricultural land of olive groves, vineyards and fields. The nearest larger centres are Brindisi and Taranto, both with full city services, ports and rail connections. Ostuni, with its hill town and historic centre, is nearby on the same inland belt. This part of Puglia is known for olive oil, wine and rural masserie.