Vendita Fabbricato da ristrutturare
Vendita Fabbricato da ristrutturare
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At €75,000 (€664/m²), this 113 m² farmhouse appears to need renovation; allowing about €79,100 for works brings the effective cost to roughly €1,364/m², nearly double the €689/m² local comparison level. Ostuni is a desirable location, but the very brief description does not confirm habitability, utilities, or the exact renovation scope.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid-looking Puglian farmhouse surrounded by mature trees and a sizeable rural plot, but it has little visible historic character or standout view. The house appears neglected and renovation-dependent rather than move-in ready, with the absence of interior photos making livability impossible to verify.
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€22,000 – €40,000
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.
- Advertised explicitly as a building to renovate, with no interior photos to confirm habitability.
- Exterior shows weathering, cracking, neglected grounds, and likely substantial refurbishment needs.
- Utilities, roof condition, kitchen, bathroom, and legal status are not demonstrated.
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 84/100The area sits on the Murge plateau in the Valle d’Itria, with a karst landscape of low limestone ridges, dry-stone walls, olive groves, vineyards and scattered trulli and masserie. The nearest larger town is Martina Franca itself, which has an extensive historic centre with baroque and late-baroque churches and palaces and the main services for the area. Within about 15 km are Locorotondo and Cisternino, both well-known hill towns of the Valle d’Itria; Locorotondo is listed among I Borghi più belli d’Italia and has a bandiera arancione. The area is known for trulli, whitewashed hill settlements, capocollo di Martina Franca and wine and olive production.