Rustico in Putignano
Nel cuore dell'incantevole agro di Putignano, in una delle zone collinari, panoramiche e più suggestive del territorio, proponiamo in vendita un'interessante proprietà composta da un terreno di circa 12.000 mq e da un caratteristico fabbricato in pietra, ideale per chi desidera realizzare un progetto abitativo immerso…
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
This is effectively a 30 sqm rural stone outbuilding on 12,000 sqm of land, sold as a project with only speculative 'possibility of enlargement' and no stated bathroom/bedroom; that makes legal habitability highly uncertain. At €25,000 plus heavy restoration (~€1,100/m²), the effective cost is about €1,725/m², well above the €817/m² baseline.
More on the house and the area
This has real Puglian romance: a small stone farmhouse with arched openings, barrel vault, old oven and a big walled plot with mature trees. The setting is charming and private, but the house is essentially an empty rustic shell with no usable living fit-out, so the dream here is mainly in the project rather than a home you could 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€16,000 – €23,000
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 to be renovated; currently a bare rustic shell.
- No bathroom or kitchen is visible, so it is not presently livable.
- Interior surfaces show decay and likely need structural/roof checks.
- Outdoor areas are rough and overgrown, needing substantial clearing.
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 67/100The cluster sits on the Murge plateau in the inland karst countryside between the Valle d’Itria and the south-eastern Murgia. The local landscape is made of low limestone hills, fields, oak woodland patches, dry-stone walls and scattered trulli and masserie. The nearest larger town is Putignano, with everyday services and a rail connection, while Alberobello is nearby and is a UNESCO World Heritage site for its trulli districts. This part of inland Bari province is known for karst terrain, agricultural land and trulli country.