Contrada Pipiriello - Rif. 1121
Nei pressi di Via Ceglie a 6,5 km da Martina Franca, proponiamo in vendita un deposito circondato da un terreno di circa 12.300 mq, impreziosito dalla presenza di oltre 150 alberi d'ulivo e alberi da frutto. La proprietà rappresenta una soluzione ideale per chi desidera un ampio spazio immerso nella tranquillità della…
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
The description explicitly says deposito and presents it as suitable for agricultural use, so it is not a clear legal dwelling and triggers a veto red flag. At €40,000 for 33 sqm plus 12,300 sqm of land, the pricing is not meaningful for a livable-house comparison.
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The olive grove gives it some rustic appeal and a pleasant bit of Puglian countryside. But the building itself is just a tiny agricultural store room with very basic, non-residential interiors, so this is a land-plus-project purchase rather than a home you could realistically live in.
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€7,000 – €12,000
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.
- It is a deposito/outbuilding, not a ready home
- No bathroom or kitchen is shown
- Interior looks basic and damp-stained, needing major conversion
- Utilities/habitability for residential use are not evident
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.