Terratetto unifamiliare in Grottaglie
A POCHI PASSI DAI SERVIZI... Nel suggestivo centro storico, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente situata al primo piano, ideale per chi desidera personalizzare la propria abitazione o realizzare un investimento. L'immobile è composto da un luminoso soggiorno, una cucina abitabile, due camere da letto e un bagno…
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 €48,000 (€600/m²), the purchase looks inexpensive, but estimated renovation brings the effective cost to about €1,300/m² versus a local reference of €714/m². The historic-center setting, terraces, balcony, and proximity to services add appeal, though the home needs substantial work and has an external bathroom.
More on the house and the area
This is a solid-looking historic townhouse with attractive vaulted ceilings, decorative architectural details and traditional patterned floors. It is clearly more than an empty shell, with defined rooms, a kitchen and usable flooring, but the worn finishes, damp-related damage and external bathroom mean it needs meaningful renovation before feeling like a comfortable home.
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€16,000 – €28,000
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.
- Needs substantial renovation, with peeling plaster, visible wall cracks and signs of damp.
- Bathroom is external, which may be inconvenient and could require upgrading.
- No exterior, terrace, balcony or view is shown in the gallery.
- Utilities and structural condition are not verified 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 50/100The area around Grottaglie is the inland side of the Taranto plain, with vineyards, olive groves and low limestone ground rather than marked relief. The Mar Piccolo and the Ionian coast are outside the immediate 15 km radius, so they matter more for access than for the lived landscape. Taranto is the nearest large city, with port functions, services, rail links and major archaeology in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. Grottaglie is known nationally for its long ceramics tradition and its pottery quarter.