Casa indipendente in Viale delle Ginestre
In posizione tranquilla e riservata, ma inserita in un contesto abitato tutto l’anno, proponiamo in vendita una casa indipendente di 2 vani oltre accessori con terreno, situata in Viale delle Ginestre, Fasano, a soli 5,5 km da Locorotondo, nel cuore della suggestiva campagna della Valle d’Itria. La proprietà rappresenta un’ottima opportunità per chi desidera realizzare una residenza privata o...
What it really costs
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €35,000 for 40 sqm, the asking price is €875/sqm versus a low-stock baseline of €702/sqm in Puglia country houses, so it is not cheap on ask alone. With no clear habitability/renovation condition stated, I assume a moderate renovation budget of about €700/sqm, bringing the effective cost to roughly €1,575/sqm; the plus side is Fasano/Valle d’Itria and a complete listing with 60 photos.
More on the house and the area
The setting is the main appeal: a quiet Valle d’Itria location with a pleasant courtyard, tree, and wide distant sea view from the surrounding hillside. The house is roofed and basically formed as a real home, but the interior is tired and visibly affected by significant damp, so it is not move-in ready. At €35k it has dream potential, but more as a modest refresh-and-repair project than an instant wow 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€8,000 – €14,000
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.
- Interior shows heavy damp/mould and needs real renovation
- Very small at about 40 sqm
- Exterior is plain rather than highly characterful
- Sea view is distant and not directly from a finished terrace shown
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 78/100The cluster is in the inland part of Fasano, on the Murgia dei Trulli plateau where olive groves, dry-stone walls and scattered trulli are part of the immediate landscape. The Adriatic coast at Savelletri and Torre Canne is within about 15 km, with low rocky shore and stretches of beach. The regional park Dune Costiere da Torre Canne a Torre San Leonardo lies along this coast. Ostuni is the nearest town of size in the wider area, with a substantial historic centre on a hill. Alberobello, within roughly 15 km, is UNESCO-listed for its trulli, and this part of the area is known for trulli, masserie and olive growing.