Casale/cascina in Contrada Acquarella, Santa Caterina - Ramunno - Chianchizzo, Ostuni,
CASOLARE CON TERRENO | OSTUNI (BR) | - (RIF. 23520) IMMOBILIARE MELPIGNANO - REAL ESTATE propone la vendita esclusiva di un affascinante casolare accatastato C/2, situato in agro di Ostuni, distante circa 3 km dal centro abitato. Terreno di 1886, caratterizzato principalmente da ulivi, siamo accolti da un un viale di…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovation- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
See what needs doing and what each job costs
This is a C/2 casolare, which is typically storage/agricultural space rather than a legal dwelling, so it fails the livability veto despite the €39,000 asking price. It also needs total renovation, implying about €1,100/m² in works, which would bring the effective cost far above the €818/m² local baseline.
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The outdoor setting is appealing: a classic Puglian rural plot with olives, broad sky, roof terrace and a photogenic little stone outbuilding. But the house itself is not livable now: the interiors are bare, heavily deteriorated and missing basic habitable spaces, so this is much more a restoration project than a home. At €39k near Ostuni it has dream potential, but the current condition hard-limits the wow.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€25,000 – €37,000
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.
- Total renovation needed; interiors are damp, damaged and stripped out.
- No bathroom shown and listing states 0 baths; currently not a usable home.
- C/2 cadastral category may limit residential use and needs verification.
- Utilities/services need checking; water appears to rely on a cistern.
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 82/100The area sits in the Valle d’Itria transition zone, with low limestone hills, dry-stone walls, olive groves and scattered trulli in the countryside around Ostuni. The Adriatic coast is about 12 km away, with beaches and small stretches of dune and Mediterranean scrub around the Ostuni marina. The Regional Natural Park of the Coastal Dunes from Torre Canne to Torre San Leonardo lies within reach along this coast. Ostuni is the nearest town of size and has a substantial historic center on a hill. Ostuni is known for its whitewashed old town, olive countryside and proximity to the Salento coast.