Baita/bungalow/chalet/trullo in Strada Comunale La Russa 20
Alla strada Comunale La Russa, in Agro di Putignano, nei pressi di Monte Laureto a circa metà strada tra Putignano e Noci, nella verdeggiante campagna Pugliese, proponiamo in vendita una casa di campagna costituita da un corpo di tre trulli da ristrutturare con bagno esterno, ripostiglio e legnaia. Completa la proprietà un terreno agricolo pertinenziale di circa 3.530 mq di...
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
Condition not stated in the listingMust be done first
- Heating
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €80,000 plus an estimated €1,100/m² restoration, the effective cost is about €2,467/m², roughly three times the local benchmark of €825/m². The three trulli need restoration and have an external bathroom; the agricultural setting and unstated residential/legal status add uncertainty.
More on the house and the area
A genuinely atmospheric Puglian trullo compound with traditional stone cones, vaulted interiors, mature olive trees, and a substantial private garden. The structures are roofed, floored, furnished, and appear usable, but the rustic interior, external bathroom, and advertised renovation need keep it well below dream-home territory.
All the services redone, bathrooms, kitchen, windows. The structure is left alone.
Turnkey, facade and insulation included.
Our read of the photos, €1,100/m², falls in this band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€24,000 – €35,000
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.
- Advertised as three trulli to renovate, so the home is not move-in ready.
- The bathroom is external, and the kitchen/utilities appear very basic.
- No interior photos prove modern heating, insulation, or year-round comfort.
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 72/100The cluster sits on the Murge plateau, in the inland karst countryside of central Puglia. The area around Noci is made up of limestone farmland with dry-stone walls, oak patches, olive groves and scattered trulli in the same wider landscape that continues toward Alberobello and the Valle d’Itria. Alberobello, with its UNESCO-listed trulli districts, is within about 10 km. Putignano is nearby and provides everyday services; Bari is the nearest large city for higher-level services and transport. This part of the Murgia is known for trulli, karst terrain and mixed agricultural land.