Trullo - Apulian construction

Housing

An example of construction of Murgia

“Trullo”

What it is

“Trullo” is the name of the most important primordial construction of Murgia. Murgia is a plateau that it is expand especially on Puglia. This trullo is located in the Murgia near Cassano delle Murge, where you can visit other typical stone artefacts. It is 10 minutes of Cassano delle Murge.

Built more than 500 years ago, the trullo is composed by a big room when, in the past, the farmer, with your family, farmer lived and kept the agricultural implements. Now the trullo is abandoned, but it is located in the land of a person.

If you buy the trullo, you have to buy also the land that it is expand for 200 m around the trullo.

The problems

For visit the trullo, you will need to go without car. There are no services so you will need to install your own drainage and electricity. In the trullo you can't live but you can keep the agricultural implements because the internal dimensions of the trullo are less than 20 m².

In addition, the trullo isn't surveyed because there isn't a cadastre of these primordial constructions of Murgia.

This construction is intact but a restoration and conservation project is recommended.

The advantages

The landscape that it surrounds the trullo is wonderful.

The trullo is built with limestone. This material is a good insulating because it is a compact and hard material. The thickness of the trullo's walls is about one meter and, for this reason, when it's hot, the interior of the trullo has lower temperatures than the outside.

If you start the investment, you can request an incentive because this construction is part of the heritage of Puglia.

The cost of this trullo is € 10.000 and this price includes the land that it surrounds the trullo for 200 m.

After the initial investment and hard work he believes the property could sell for at least € 30.000

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