Many fans of Italy could listen carefully to this offer: In a small town in Sicily, a man bought a house for one euro.
What it's all about.
With the
purchase of what
at first glance appears to be a free
property
in the small town of Mussomeli in
Sicily,
a 56-year-old from London has apparently made his lifelong dream come true.
The native Australian found out from friends about the project that Italy was
offering houses for one euro
,
Stern.de
describes
his story, which was previously reported by the British media.
He has always dreamed of moving to Italy.
Italian small town: house for sale for one euro
Accordingly, the man from London had traveled to the Italian island several times in 2019 to look at some of the properties on site.
He handled the whole thing with the help of an agency that helped him to provide running water and electricity in the house of his choice.
He is currently renting the small town in question while he is renovating the house.
With such projects of “
one-euro houses”
one tries in some places in Italy to revive small towns and villages, as
yahoo.de describes
the background.
Many of the houses are in dire need of renovation and are empty because nobody wants to spend money on repairs on site.
Because such
vacant properties are
no longer of any use to the owners, they are often donated to the responsible cities or municipalities.
And they in turn would sell them for the symbolic price of one euro to make the
places a little livelier
again.
One of the conditions is that the buildings are then
quickly renovated
.
Project: House is Italy for one euro - money needed for the renovation
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For the native Australian, it is apparently clear that he now wants to stay longer in Sicily.
He shared some photos on Instagram that show how the
renovation of the house is
going, in which he will probably also live himself.
In one part of the building, he also wanted to set up a communal kitchen as a place for people in need and young cooks from all over the world, the “Ladbible” portal had previously reported.
As described in the reports, he has already collected several thousand euros for the charitable project through a crowdfunding project.
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