Baita/bungalow/chalet/trullo in Contrada Cavalcatore
Mediare Immobiliare propone in Vendita Trulli con abitazione 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
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At €85,000 for 135 sqm, the ask is about €630/sqm, below the Puglia trullo baseline of €774/sqm. But the description suggests a rural trulli complex with external areas and land, without evidence of being renovated or fully habitable, so I assume a mid renovation budget of about €700/sqm, which keeps it a solid but not standout project.
More on the house and the area
The trulli exterior is undeniably photogenic and gives this property real Puglian character, with usable outdoor space and a genuine lived-in house attached. Inside it is habitable with kitchen, bathrooms and finished rooms, but the interiors are very plain and dated, so the dream factor comes more from the exterior character than from current comfort or beauty indoors.
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€27,000 – €48,000
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.
- Interiors are basic and dated rather than stylish.
- Large paved exterior dominates; garden/land appears limited in the photos.
- Mixed building quality: charming trulli plus a plainer modern extension.
- Likely needs cosmetic updating and comfort upgrades.
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.