Rustico in Polignano a Mare
Rustico in Polignano a Mare. Needs renovation, esposizione esterna.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationMust be done first
- Structure
- Damp
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €2,389/m², this 18 m² farmhouse is already far above the local €692/m² reference; allowing roughly €12,600 for renovation raises the effective cost to about €3,090/m². The brief description does not confirm residential suitability, utilities, or bathroom facilities.
More on the house and the area
The setting has genuine Puglian appeal, with mature olive trees, traditional dry-stone walls, and an old exterior trough or basin. However, this is a tiny, empty farmhouse/outbuilding with no beds or bathroom and no livable interior shown, so it is a renovation project rather than a ready dream home.
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€4,000 – €6,000
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 18 sqm building has no visible bathroom, kitchen, or living facilities and is explicitly in need of renovation.
- Interior condition is not shown, so structural soundness, utilities, and roof quality remain uncertain.
- The property appears to be a small rural outbuilding rather than a currently usable home; check planning and residential-use permissions.
- The olive grove and land extent are not specified in the facts.
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 78/100The area is on the Adriatic limestone coast, with low cliffs and small coves around Polignano a Mare and Monopoli within about 15 km. The Lama Monachile inlet and the sea caves along the coast are the main local landscape feature. Inland, the terrain is a karst plateau of olive groves and dry-stone walls that leads toward the Valle d’Itria farther south. Monopoli is the nearest larger town in range and has a port and a substantial historic centre. Polignano a Mare is a well-known coastal town with a historic centre set on the cliff edge.