Villa con trulli
Mediare Immobiliare propone in Vendita Abitazione con trulli a Martina Franca – ID: M70. Via Mottola, agro di Martina Franca distante km 3,5 circa dal centro urbano, ampio caseggiato con trulli, pertinenziali area esterna con giardino e terreno. Viale di ingresso con accesso indipendente da strada vicinale. Gli…
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
The €85,000 asking price is attractive at €634/m², but renovation at roughly €700/m² raises the effective cost to about €1,334/m², well above the €822/m² local comparison level. The listing also gives 134 m² while describing about 90 m² of dwelling plus a 60 m² garage, so the usable residential area should be verified; the 5,000 m² plot, trulli character and garage add value.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly distinctive Puglian trullo home with multiple traditional cones, whitewashed interiors, arched ceilings, a huge veranda, and approximately 5,000 m² of surrounding land. The house appears roofed, furnished, and genuinely habitable with a working kitchen and two bathrooms, though the finishes and bathrooms are dated and renovation is likely.
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€26,000 – €47,000
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.
- The interiors are fully usable but visibly dated and will need renovation or modernization.
- Water is supplied through collection cisterns rather than a clearly shown mains connection.
- Access is via an independent entrance from a rural local road; utilities and legal status should be verified.
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 on the Murgia dei Trulli in the Valle d’Itria, a karst plateau of low limestone ridges, dry-stone walls, olive groves and trulli scattered through the countryside. Martina Franca has a large historic centre with Baroque and Rococo churches and palaces, and within this same landscape are Locorotondo, Alberobello and Cisternino. Alberobello, within about 15 km, is a UNESCO World Heritage site for its trulli districts. This part of the Itria Valley is known for trulli, stone rural architecture, olive oil, vineyards and capocollo di Martina Franca.