Lavora in A.P.I. Srl -Curriculum studio@apisrl.org
Lavora in A.P.I. Srl -Curriculum studio@apisrl.org. Habitable, autonomo heating, cucina.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
In the listingHabitableSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €25,750 (€678/m²), estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €877/m², above the €600/m² local benchmark. The 3 km distance from the sea and autonomous heating add appeal, but the very brief description does not confirm a bathroom or provide enough detail to justify the premium.
More on the house and the area
A bright, well-kept apartment complex with attractive arches, balconies, mature hedges, and a distinctly Mediterranean feel. At €25,750 it is a strong bargain if genuinely habitable with heating and a kitchen, but the lack of interiors and unclear bathroom situation prevent it from reaching dream-home territory.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/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€3,000 – €4,000
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.
- No interior photos are provided, so the claimed habitable condition and kitchen cannot be independently verified.
- The listing shows 0 bathrooms in the facts, which needs clarification.
- The aerial and panoramic images are explicitly illustrative and do not represent the property or its immediate views.
- This appears to be a small 38 sqm apartment in a shared residential complex, not a standalone Italian house.
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 70/100The cluster sits on the limestone terrain of the southern Murgia: low, karstified hills and plateaus cut by deep dry valleys (gravine). The local landscape includes ravine systems (the gravine that incision this part of the Murgia) and scattered cave sites used historically. Land use is predominantly agriculture: olive groves, cereal fields, some vineyards and isolated masserie (farmhouses). There is no large national park immediately adjacent; the Alta Murgia park lies further to the north. The nearest town of scale is Castellaneta itself, which has a historic centre and local services; the provincial capital Taranto is the main nearby city with a port, larger hospitals and industry. The town is known as the birthplace of the film star Rudolph Valentino.