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Italian village sells ready-to-move houses from 7,500 euros!
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A house in a picturesque Italian village – how about? Now there are not only dilapidated one-euro houses to buy, but also ready-to-move properties at bargain prices.
Keep your eyes open when buying a house
Recently, Italian villages have been causing a sensation online because they offer houses for sale at a symbolic price of just one euro – the Calabrian municipality of Cinquefrondi or the Sicilian village of Troina.
But like many things in life, these bargains have a catch: the houses have fallen into disrepair, and the new owners are required to renovate their property at their own expense. As a rule, the construction work must be completed within three years.
Such campaigns are intended to counter the migration of the village population to the cities and abroad. With the cheap real estate offers you want to breathe new life into the medieval villages in order to save them from ruin.
There are ready-to-move properties here – in the historic center
The village of Biccari in Italy's south-western region of Puglia is now going one step further: the municipality not only offers dilapidated one-euro houses, but also properties ready for occupancy – at the price of a cheap used car. The offers in the historic center start at 7,500 euros, most of the houses range between 10,000 and 13,000 euros.
Like many other Italian towns, Biccari also suffers from rural exodus and vacancies. According to Mayor Gianfilippo Mignogna, hardly 2,000 of the former 5,000 residents are left.
The medieval village is ideally located if you are looking for peace and quiet: Biccari is located on the "roof of Apulia" in the middle of the Daun Mountains, which are criss-crossed by hiking trails, all around there are forests, fields, olive groves and a lake. Naples is less than 150 kilometers away and the sea is only 70 kilometers away.
According to CNN, interested parties can contact Mayor Gianfilippo Mignogna directly ([email protected]). However, speed is of the essence, as numerous emails from all over the world have already been received.
Other villages offer free vacations
Other Italian municipalities are trying different paths to try to stop the population decline. The idyllic town of San Giovanni in Galdo, about 240 kilometers from Rome, offered free holiday accommodation last summer. There it was hoped that holidaymakers would settle in the village and residents would return when they can make a living from tourism.
San Mauro La Bruca, for example, a Campanian village with a sea view, threw rooms on the market for two euros a night. And the village of Petrella Tifernina offers homeowners incentives if they take in holidaymakers free of charge.
The idea behind the "Albergo Diffuso" is also based on the desire to make historical places worth living in again – with this concept, entire villages are transformed into hotels. Here you can read what our author Christine Dohler experienced during her vacation in Portico di Romagna.
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Sources: Business Insider, CNN, Der Standard, Idealista, Travelbook