Rustico/casale
Vendesi in agro di Carovigno interessante lamia immersa in un magnifico terreno coltivato a uliveto, frutteto e mandorleto, situata a breve distanza dal centro abitato che dal mare. Il fabbricato è composto da un unico vano con caratteristiche volte a stella e camino, elementi che ne esaltano il fascino autentico della tradizione pugliese. La proprietà offre inoltre la...
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This is only 11 sqm, one room, with 0 beds and 0 bathrooms: despite the attractive Carovigno location 2 km from the sea, it does not present as a livable dwelling for the catalog’s target buyer. At €70,000 plus heavy restoration assumptions (~€1,100/sqm), the asking level is vastly above the €817/sqm baseline for comparable stock.
More on the house and the area
The olive-grove setting is attractive and the little lamia has authentic Apulian charm, with a star vault and fireplace. But this is not a livable home as shown: it is a very small, empty one-room shell needing full restoration and services. Dreamy as a project in the countryside, not yet a place you could realistically move into.
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€4,000 – €7,000
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.
- Tiny 11 sqm single-room building
- Empty shell with no kitchen or bathroom
- Clear restoration needed before it is usable to live in
- High asking price for the size shown
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 74/100The cluster lies in the Alto Salento plain near the Adriatic, with a coastline at Torre Santa Sabina and the marine area of Torre Guaceto within about 15 km. Torre Guaceto is a protected coastal reserve with dunes, Mediterranean scrub and rocky and sandy shore. Carovigno has a historic centre and the Castello Dentice di Frasso. Ostuni is the nearest larger town and has an extensive old town on a hill. This part of northern Salento is known for olive groves and masserie.