Italian village offers $1 homes to Americans upset by the US election result
2 years ago by PhilipTheBucket to c/andfinally
“Let’s pull into this gas station and… oh my.”
This has been a program for awhile now, so I guess it's just being marketed in a new way.
The upside is that you get a free house. The downside is that it's basically an abandoned structure in an isolated village. The repairs will be (generally speaking) beyond the DIY capabilities of most North Americans. Drywall? That's easy. Stone and plaster? Not so much.
Plumbing? FML - I'm going to try to say this nicely, but I've found that most post-war era Italian plumbing can be described as "non-standard," "inventive," or "surprising." Sorpresa, bitches.
The repairs are the initial problem. The lifestyle may be another. These homes are in rural, isolated villages. It may seen charming, but not many amenities nearby. And because most young people have left these villages, you may not be able to communicate with your neighbors. And because you don't understand the local language, customs, and norms, they may actively dislike you.
Yeah, I feel like this is one of those “too good to be true” situations. If they can’t find anyone on earth who wants to pay more than $1 for this house, there is probably a strong reason for it.
A 2 hour 175km drive to Cagliari for everything “big-city”… good luck. Not to mention Sardinian Italian is different enough that learning cosmopolitan Italian isn’t enough to communicate with your neighbors and laborers (because you’ll need to hire people for repairs if you’re not already skilled in construction)
If you're especially unlucky, the neighbors speak Sardinian altogether(you have to learn a full-blown separate language and who knows what variety/dialect oh it's Ollolai so barbaricino) and are super salty about military NATO bases(imagine how happy will they be with an American next door)
I hope so. AFAIK Sardinian villagers aren't exactly welcoming of outsiders, especially Italian "mainlanders". Americans better play it nice and chill if they don't wanna risk a Pattada-knife-fight.
They are creating a village of influencers.
That's pretty much the same thing, only with more makeup.
I saw a video on YouTube about this thing couple of months ago. Sure the house is $1, but it will need tens of thousands of dollars in repair sometimes.
Tens of thousands is pretty damned cheap for a house though.
Very valid point and I'll not argue with you on that. Consider my statement more of a buyer beware.
"Are you worned (sic)" - kerning strikes again - guessing this was OCR of a printed page?
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