Trullo
A 2,5 km dal Paese proponiamo trullo in buono stato di circa 25 mq, con circostante frutteto alberato ed uliveto di 9.474 mq, con antistante cisterna d’acqua piovane. Possibilità di allacciarsi all’acquedotto rurale. Castellana Grotte è un comune italiano di 19.570 abitanti della città metropolitana di Bari, in Puglia.…
What it really costs
Can you move in?
Not before the basics are done
In the listingHabitableThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
Must be done first
- Wiring
- Plumbing
- Bathroom
- Kitchen
See what needs doing and what each job costs
At €18,000 plus an estimated €5,000 of light works, the effective cost is about €920/m² versus a local benchmark of €822/m², so the building itself is not a clear bargain. The 9,474 m² of orchard and olive grove adds appeal near the tourist caves, but the listing does not confirm residential legality, bathrooms, bedrooms, or connected utilities.
More on the house and the area
This is a highly photogenic traditional Puglian trullo with an attractive conical roof, dry-stone walls, mature orchard, olive grove, and considerable surrounding land. However, the interior is essentially an unfinished rustic chamber with no bathroom or kitchen, so it is a charming restoration project rather than a realistically usable home today.
Decoration, tired fittings, a bathroom or a kitchen. The house is liveable as it stands.
Our read of the photos is €200/m². There is no published price band below €350/m², so the range is that figure widened by the spread of the lightest band.
Materials only, work you may do yourself€2,000 – €3,000
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.
- The interior is a tiny raw stone chamber with no visible floor, kitchen, bathroom, or living facilities.
- Water appears limited to a rainwater cistern; connection to the rural aqueduct is only a possibility.
- Despite the listing calling it habitable, substantial work and utility installation would be needed for comfortable full-time living.
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 area lies on the Murge plateau, with karst countryside of dry-stone walls, olive groves and scattered farm buildings. The Grotte di Castellana are in the town’s immediate surroundings. Alberobello, with its UNESCO trulli districts, is nearby and the wider area overlaps the Valle d’Itria landscape known for trulli, masserie and limestone rural settlement.