Casa di campagna con vista panoramica Matera
In una delle zone più suggestive della campagna materana, proponiamo in vendita un’incantevole proprietà rurale situata in Contrada Mirogallo, a pochi minuti dalla città di Matera. La proprietà comprende: Un fabbricato rurale di circa 49 mq, in buone condizioni generali, dotato di bagno e ideale come punto d’appoggio…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Livable, but something basic is worn out
In the listingHabitable- Registered as agricultural or storage, not as a dwelling
- On the market for a long time
See what needs doing and what each job costs
The description explicitly says fabbricato rurale and presents it as a support building for leisure/agricultural use, not a clear legal dwelling; that is a veto-level risk for foreign buyers seeking a habitable home. Even before renovation, €48,000 for 48 sqm is about €1,000/sqm versus a very low €317/sqm local baseline, and it has been on the market 370 days.
More on the house and the area
The real draw is the wide open Lucanian landscape: golden rolling fields, olive trees and a big panoramic valley view that feels peaceful and cinematic. The building itself is solid, roofed, tiled and has a bathroom, so it is usable, but it is extremely plain and minimal inside with little of the warmth or finish of a true dream home. At €48k with 7,555 sqm, it has appealing rural lifestyle potential rather than instant wow-house magic.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€3,000 – €5,000
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.
- Very basic single-room rural building, more a simple retreat than a finished home
- Interior is habitable but sparse, with no fitted kitchen shown
- Outdoor areas are rough and undeveloped despite the attractive land
- Likely best for weekend/rural use unless further upgraded
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 55/100This is on the Murgia plateau above the Gravina di Matera, the deep limestone ravine that cuts the edge of the city. The Parco della Murgia Materana lies immediately across the ravine, with rupestrian churches, rocky pasture and karst terrain. Matera is the nearest town of size and has the Sassi districts and the rock-cut settlement on the ravine edge; Matera is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area is known for the Sassi, ravine landscapes and rock-cut churches of the Lucanian Murgia.