I first started reading about houses being sold for €1 in Italy towards the end of 2018. After the initial feeling of this is “too good to be true” I did some research and discovered that it was indeed true, that is when I decided I must make the effort to secure one of the […]
On the 1st July 2021 I finally met with officials from the Commune di Zungoli to discuss my €1 house purchase, at their modern offices just some 500 metres from the town centre. I had called in the previous day after seeing the actual house, and a very kind official from the Commune arranged for […]
Maenza is a town and commune in the Province of Latina in the region of Lazio. Only 70km from Rome this town is set in the Lepini hills. It has its own castle which was originally built as a watchtower in the 12th-13th centuries. At the time of writing, we understand there could be as […]
On 30th June 2021 I finally managed to visit the beautiful town of Zungoli in the province of Avellino, Campania. Zungoli is about 58 kilometres from the town of Avellino and located between the Ufita Valley and Daunian mountains. This was a special day as I got to see “in-the-flesh” the €1 house I have […]
The €1 house “phenomenon” has captured the attention of would-be purchasers all over the World. Rightly so – who would not be excited by the prospect of securing a property in an Italian town or village for just €1? OK so you have to renovate the property and make it habitable, and in many cases, […]
April has seen another Italian town formally announce they are launching a batch of houses for just €1. Castiglione di Sicilia is in the province of Catania and close to Parco dell’Etna. Located about an hour’s drive from Catania and its airport. The town is in the East of Sicily and approximately 40 minutes’ drive […]
Biccari is a town in the beautiful Puglia region in south east Italy, it now has a population less than 2,000. Unbelievably, the population once topped 5,000 but has been in decline for decades as residents have left to pursue employment in other regions, cities and countries. Surrounded by the Daunia mountains the town has […]
The town of Troina is situated in the North-East region of Sicily, just 70 kms from Mount Etna and the national park Parco dell’Etna. Although, nearly 200kms from Palermo and Aeroprto Punta Raisi, the town is just 75 kms from the city of Catania and Fontanarossa airport. A recent addition to the national Case €1 […]
The town of Sambuca, in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, is less than 70km from Palermo, 8km from Lago Aranico and only 20km from the coast. Sambuca has been hit hard with de-population, from about 8,000 inhabitants in the 1950’s to about 5,000 people now. Sitting inside a nature reserve, the town of Sambuca is […]
Zungoli is a town in the province of Avellino, Campania in Southern Italy. It lies about 58 kilometres north east of the town of Avellino. The city of Naples (Napoli) is about 110kms away and can be reached in about one and a half hours by car. About the same distance is the popular coastal […]
