Casa indipendente in Via Folgore
Bellissimo e caratteristico locale uso tavernetta in zona Piazza XX Settembre. Ideale da utilizzare nel tempo libero o come vano appoggio.
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Move in as it is
Condition not stated in the listingSee what needs doing and what each job costs
At €40,000 (€1,379/m²), this 29 m² property is described as a tavernetta and support room for leisure use, not as a legally habitable dwelling. The listing does not confirm residential use or conversion potential, making it unsuitable for a buyer seeking a home.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely atmospheric Puglian stone interior with beautifully preserved masonry, barrel-vaulted details, arched niches, a fireplace, finished flooring, kitchenette, and bathroom. It appears usable and well-finished rather than a ruin, but this is essentially a tiny one-room cellar/tavernetta, not a realistic full-time home without significant lifestyle compromises.
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€6,000 – €10,000
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.
- Only 29 sqm with no bedroom shown; it is marketed as a tavernetta/support room rather than a conventional home.
- Very limited natural light and no outdoor space or view are evident.
- Check whether residential use, registration, and permanent habitation are legally permitted.
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 62/100The area sits on the Murge plateau, with a dry karst landscape of open fields, vineyards, olive groves and patches of oak woodland. Alta Murgia National Park begins within roughly this radius to the northwest, with limestone uplands, sinkholes and steppe-like pasture. Gioia del Colle has a substantial historic centre and a Norman-Swabian castle. Acquaviva delle Fonti is the nearest larger town in the area, with services and a built historic core. This part of inland Bari is known for wine production, especially Primitivo di Gioia del Colle, and for dairy farming on the plateau.