CNN. Silvia Marchetti. 4 May 2022 There’s a place on the Italian island of Sicily where you’re increasingly likely to hear an American accent wafting down its narrow streets instead of the local language. Sambuca di Sicilia, which gained a reputation as one of the first places in the country to sell off old houses for next to nothing, is becoming something of an Italian “Little America” after...
The Times. Victoria Brzezinski. 20 March 2022 Finding an unknown corner in one of our favourite countries is the holy grail for tourists. For locals seeking to attract visitors it’s a different matter. Which is why the hilltop town of Sambuca di Sicilia, a little over an hour’s drive south of Palermo, but far off the radar for most holiday-makers, is trying to whip up some enthusiasm and put itself...
Daily Mail. Robert Hardman. 23 February 2022 The plan to revitalise dormant pockets of rural Italy by selling ancient housing for pennies raised eyebrows... but the results are astonishing. The lower ground floor looks like a bomb has gone off but the staircase seems firm. Going up floor by floor, I am told not to stray too close to the centre of each room for fear I might fall through. In the...
Euro News Travel. Lottie Limb. 20 January 2022 An extraordinary opportunity to immerse yourself in Italian culture while living rent-free in a designer home has arisen. It might look like a January mirage, but Airbnb is genuinely seeking a host to hold down the fort in one of its Sicilian properties from this summer. The homestay giant bought one of the old Italian houses on sale for €1,...
itv News. Rachel Younger. 31 January 2022 It starts with an online advert or two. It’s a more hopeful time when no one’s heard of a virus called Covid. Cheap flights are making weekend trips to the sun more and more popular. But getting on the UK property ladder is becoming harder than ever. So the ads promising an Italian house for one euro sound far too good to be true.That doesn’t stop hundreds...
Wayviator. 12 January 2021. Will small homes that cost "one euro"* and migration back to small towns change Sicily? A volunteer team in Cammarata, Sicily thinks so. You may have heard about the phenomenon that has been sweeping through villages and towns in Italy and other countries — “one-euro homes”. One-euro homes refer to residential properties, usually in need of rehabilitation, that can...
Chicago Sun Times. Stefano Esposito. 2 January 2022 The Italian house you’ve always dreamed of buying won’t, in the end, cost just $1. Re-imagining the stones and timbers first assembled about the time Shakespeare put pen to paper can’t be rushed. It will likely take some deep thought. Some espresso. More thought. More espresso. Meredith Tabbone admits there are frustrations that come with buying...
Weekend Australian. Tim Moore. December 3, 2021 It seemed like a pretty good deal,” says Rafael Solorzano, leaning against an ancient whitewashed wall. A half smile settles across his young, bearded face, a look of understated satisfaction that might most convincingly relate to a discount secured on the acoustic guitar propped up by his bedside table. But the 28-year-old from Miami is referring to the...
For Rubia, everything has gone just as she hoped with the purchase of her 1 euro homes in Mussomeli.
The Telegraph. Tim Moore. October 24, 2021 ‘It seemed like a pretty good deal,’ says Rafael Solorzano, leaning against an ancient whitewashed wall. A half smile settles across his young, bearded face, a look of understated satisfaction that might most convincingly relate to a discount secured on the acoustic guitar propped up by his bedside table. But the 28-year-old from Miami is referring to...
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