Via Vitangelo Luciani, 5, Acquaviva delle Fonti
Tribunale: Bari RGE: 518/2023 PVP: 4619286 Abitazione composta da tre unità catastali tra loro comunicanti e formata da quattro locali e due bagni disposti su due livelli ai piani 1-2. Più precisamente dal punto di vista catastale è composto da una unità identificabile come vano di ingresso/soggiorno con accesso da…
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Move in as it is
In the listingNeeds renovationThe photographs say otherwise, and we go by the photographs.
- Sold at judicial auction
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This is an auction sale (Tribunale Bari), which is a transactional veto for many buyers. With an estimated €700/m² renovation the total outlay is about €67,680 (≈€1,025/m²) versus the regional baseline €706/m², and the listing warns the photos are not the real images.
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The photos show a bright, modern-feeling interior and good daylight, but the official listing warns images are only indicative and the unit is recorded as needing renovation. This is a very low‑priced, town-centre flat — a clear bargain for an investor/renovator, but not a turnkey dream home with a scenic Italian setting.
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€13,000 – €23,000
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.
Bringing a house that has stood empty back into service: new water, sewer and electricity, plus the practices. The same sum on an 80 m² house and on a 300 m² one, which is why a €40,000 house is not a €40,000 project.
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Water 1,800 · sewer 2,500 · electricity 700–1,600 · CILA 1,000 · cadastral filing 500 · structural design 700 · Legge 10 report 900 · safety coordination 1,800
No mains drain: add €2,000–4,500 for a septic tank. Listings never say, so ask.
- Listing states the photos are indicative and may not be of the actual unit
- Property is listed as "needs renovation" — may require works before living
- Urban apartment with no private garden or scenic (sea) setting
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 50/100This is the inland Murge around Acquaviva delle Fonti, with a low limestone plateau of fields, olive groves and scattered masserie. The area is known for the red onion of Acquaviva and for agricultural land on karst ground. Within about 15 km the main places of size are Acquaviva itself and nearby Santeramo in Colle, with ordinary town centres and daily services; Bari is farther away and does not change the immediate landscape.