Casale in Polignano a Mare
Casa di campagna con terreno in vendita – Polignano a Mare, Contrada Monte La Vecchia Nel cuore della campagna di Polignano a Mare, in Contrada Monte La Vecchia, proponiamo in vendita una caratteristica casa di campagna di circa 65 mq, immersa nel verde e nella tranquillità, ideale per chi desidera vivere la natura…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingNeeds renovationSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €65,000 for 76 sqm, the asking price is about €855/sqm, but with a full restoration estimate of ~€1,100/sqm the effective cost is roughly €1,955/sqm, far above the local baseline of €820/sqm for this stock. Positives are Polignano a Mare, 4,000 sqm of land, 19 photos and legal cadastral status, but the house is completely to renovate and lacks mains water connection.
More on the house and the area
The olive grove setting and simple vaulted interiors give this farmhouse some authentic Puglian charm, and the covered patio/outdoor oven add real lifestyle potential. But this is not a polished dream home yet: the house is tired, basic and clearly in need of a full refresh to become comfortably livable. It feels like a usable rural house with character and land, rather than a scroll-stopping beauty.
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€30,000 – €44,000
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.
- Completely needs renovation and interiors look dated/rough rather than move-in ready.
- No mains water connection; water supply is via rainwater cistern.
- Semi-detached rural house, so it is not fully isolated despite the countryside setting.
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.