Antico trullo in pietra, a 5 minuti da Ostuni
PIER PAOLO MARSEGLIA Servizi Immobiliari propone la vendita di un antico trullo in pietra, a 5 min dal centro abitato di Ostuni, immerso nel paesaggio pugliese. La proprietà comprende una struttura rurale con volta a cono tipica dei trulli pugliesi, necessita di interventi di ristrutturazione ed è circondata da un…
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 €42,000 for 40 sqm, the ask is €1,050/sqm; with a typical needs-renovation budget of about €700/sqm, the effective cost is about €1,750/sqm versus a local baseline of €774/sqm. The Ostuni/trullo appeal and 6,000 sqm land help, but on these numbers it looks more like a lifestyle purchase than a discounted deal.
More on the house and the area
This is a very photogenic old trullo in classic Puglian countryside, with authentic stone character and a lovely olive-and-cactus setting. But it is not a usable home yet: the interior is raw and unfitted, with no services shown, so this is a restoration project rather than somewhere you could realistically move into now. The beauty is real, yet the condition keeps it firmly in project territory.
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€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Empty shell interior with no bathroom or kitchen
- Needs full renovation before it can be lived in
- Roof and stonework show weathering and patchy deterioration
- Utilities and practical habitability are not evident from the photos
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.