1€ Houses

Are 1€ Houses a real thing? Yes the are, and they are available in more than 30 municipalities all over Italy.

The properties available are abandoned houses in small Italian villages, sold at a symbolic price to the new owners. After the purchase, the goal is to renovate them and live in them or create a business around them.

In Italy, the 1 euro houses have been very successful from 2019 onwards. Many houses have been, even to foreigners, which has stimulated the growth of small municipalities and the development of rural areas.

Here you can find a list of articles related to 1€ houses. The articles of the municipalities contain all the information, public link to the process of sale and purchase of houses.

We have also included some information on the history, gastronomy and geography of the municipalities involved. In this way, those interested in buying can also consider the beauty of the area.

In any case, the best way to find out more is to come and visit the villages and see the houses, discovering the “typicality” of each individual village.

1 Euro Houses in Caltagirone – Catania – Sicilia

Posted on 08/06/202110/08/2021 by Eva

So much determination is placed by the municipal administration in the 1 Euro Houses project in Caltagirone. The historic centre of the City of Caltagirone, already recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, needs conservation interventions as well as renovations of abandoned houses. A place of charm that through the initiative of the 1 Euro Houses project will see to its e...

1 euro houses in Grotte – Agrigento – Sicilia

Posted on 06/06/202110/08/2021 by Eva

The Municipality of Grotte approved the 1 euro houses project with a municipal resolution in September 2020. The initiative is aimed at combating depopulation, as in other Sicilian villages. Here, the municipality of Grotte expects participation from private individuals who wish to join the project and from owners who want to sell their properties at the symbolic price of 1 eu...

1 Euro Houses in Pietramelara – Caserta – Campania

Posted on 06/06/202105/08/2021 by Eva

The "village without inhabitants" is thus defined as the village of Pietramelara that has decided to repopulate the country and launch the initiative of 1 euro houses. The historic (centre) village of Pietramelara is now inhabited by about fifteen families. Many inhabitants have preferred to build outside the old village because they consider it uncomfortable, especially for ...

Pratola Peligna in Abruzzo offers 1 Euro Houses

Posted on 26/05/202114/10/2021 by Eva

1 Euro Houses is the project in the centre of Pratola Peligna, aiming to relaunch and recover the medieval village and return to the historic centre to its original beauty. The mayor invited his fellow citizens, owners of uninhabited and abandoned properties, to make them available for the 1 euro houses projectof sale. Many have joined because the old and falling properties ...

1 Euro Houses Project now available in Candela – Foggia – Puglia

Posted on 26/05/202105/08/2021 by Eva

The 1 Euro Houses project available now in Candela- Foggia - Puglia. The municipality of Candela had already tried in 2018 to fight the abandonment of the historic centre, offering 2000.00 euros per family if they move to Candela. "Let's recover the historic centre" is the name of their 1 euro houses project in 2021, aiming to combat the depopulation of the town, and the aban...

1 Euro Houses in Albidona – Cosenza – Calabria

Posted on 18/05/202105/08/2021 by Eva

"A House in Albidona" is the 1 euro houses project name, an initiative to combat the depopulation of the village, which in 30 years has seen its population halved. Through the sale of houses at symbolic prices, starting from 1 euro, to encourage and promote the purchase of houses in Italy, the Administration of Albidona expects socio-economic and tourist-receptive growth of i...

1 Euro Houses now available in Altavilla Silentina – Salerno – Campania

Posted on 13/05/202113/08/2021 by Eva

Due to lack of available houses, the procedure is currently suspended. Altavilla Silentina is a medieval village of about 7,000 inhabitants, located on a hill covered with olive trees with considerable differences in altitude. Starting from 275 meters above sea level, the threshold of the "Porta San Biagio", which was the entrance of the medieval city, up to 313 meters above ...

Maida joins the 1 Euro Houses Projects

Posted on 13/05/202105/08/2021 by Eva

In Maida the depopulation and abandonment of the historic centre are being fought with the approval of the 1 euro houses project. The initiative was started by the municipality via a municipal announcement. From Monte Contessa, in the province of Catanzaro, you can enjoy a unique landscape. The wide view opens onto a thin strip of the Mediterranean, which connects the Ionian ...

1 Euro Houses available in France

Posted on 12/05/202105/08/2021 by Eva

This is not the first time we heard of 1 Euro Houses in France. We have written some articles on this in the past and we are happy to hear that there is news about it. Source: R101.it

In Bisignano – Cosenza – Calabria 1 Euro Houses available

Posted on 11/05/202105/08/2021 by Eva

The administration of Bisignano looks with confidence at the 1 euro houses projects, hoping to encourage the recovery of housing and tourist accommodation in its historic centre. The municipal administration of Bisignano is certain that this intervention will help the revitalization of the city, favouring the inclusion of new families and returning new propulsion of life and c...

1 Euro Houses in Pignone – La Spezia – Liguria

Posted on 11/05/202105/01/2022 by Eva

The Municipality of Pignone despite its enviable strategic position between the Val di Vara and the CinqueTerre park,today has only 600 inhabitants and many properties that need renovation. The administration, therefore, intends to bring a new revitalization of the country that passes through the project of the sale of houses to a symbolic piece - 1 Euro Houses - acting as a l...

1 Euro Houses in Acerenza – Potenza – Basilicata

Posted on 10/05/202105/08/2021 by Maurizio

Acerenzain the province of Potenza, is a small town of fewer than 4000 people, which offers the possibility to buy a house for 1 euro in the historic centre of the village. The initiative of the project is to repopulate the ancient center abandoned by the local population, as explained by the mayor of Acerenza, Fernando Scattone: " The goal of the municipality is to encou...

Triora – Imperia – Liguria

Posted on 02/05/202104/05/2022 by Maurizio

In the Ligurian town of Triora live less than 400 people. Over the years the village has experienced the phenomenon of depopulation and the consequent degradation of the buildings of the historic centre. The Municipal Administration that has not given up on abandonment is determined to repopulate the country by adopting the "1 euro houses project". This small village, surr...

Castel di Lucio – Messina – Sicilia

Posted on 02/05/202113/08/2021 by Maurizio

Already a medieval village inserted in the authentic villages of Italy, Castel di Lucio enters the 1 euro houses projects to revalue the historic centre where there are many abandoned houses that need to be renovated. With its 1200 inhabitants, the municipality wants to strengthen the tourism and economy of its region, as has already happened in several Sicilian villages with...

Castiglione di Sicilia – Catania – Sicilia

Posted on 02/05/202111/03/2022 by Maurizio

Castiglione di Sicilia,a medieval village inserted in the authentic villages ofItaly, becomes part of the 1 euro houses projects with an initiative in which the aim is to revalue some neighbourhoods of the medieval village, but with a distinction between buildings in poor condition (to be included in the initiative houses at 1 euro) and buildings in fair condition that need li...

Belcastro – Catanzaro – Calabria

Posted on 02/05/202105/08/2021 by Maurizio

The ancient village of Belcastro also plays the 1 euro houses card and presents its municipal project. The properties at the symbolic price of 1 euro will be purchased from the local population and sold to those interested in renovating them. A recovery project not to be underestimated, as for village has an enviable geographical position: only 15 minutes from the Ionian sea ...

San Piero Patti – Messina – Sicily

Posted on 30/04/202110/08/2021 by Eva

The municipality of San Piero Patti joins the 1 Euro Houses Project. The mayor announced the provision of the 1 Euro Houses in July 2021. What are the rules to join the San Piero Patti project and what are the 1 Euro Houses available? Getting to know San Piero Patti The territory of the municipality of San Piero Patti has the shape of an ivy leaf. It borders to the southea...

New 1 Euro Houses in Salemi, Sicily

Posted on 30/04/202110/08/2021 by Eva

An auction is available for the first 36 real estate units in the town Salemi, located in the province of Trapani. In 2016, Salemi has been included in the list of the most beautiful villages in Italy. For more information on this, visit the web page here. Sources: https://www.ansa.it/sicilia/notizie/speciali/2021/04/16/a-salemi-riavviata-liniziativa-case-a-1-euro_a249d05f...

Maenza joins the municipalities with 1 euro houses

Posted on 19/04/202105/08/2021 by Eva

The municipality of Maenza also joins the 1 euro houses initiative,which continues to be very successful in the eyes of the international media. It is called Patto per il Centro Storico or "Agreement for the City Centre", the 1 euro houses project of the municipality of Maenza. It wants to combat the abandonment of the ancient medieval village of the city centre. To learn m...

Regalbuto – Enna – Sicilia

Posted on 19/04/202103/09/2021 by Maurizio

1 Euro Houses in Regalbuto. An important opportunity for the town to sell dilapidated or dangerous properties of the historic centre and the suburbs at a symbolic figure. The new owners will be in charge of the renovation costs. "The sale of 1 euro houses stems from the desire to counter the population abandonment and give new life to some areas, oncluding the old District...

Maenza – Latina – Lazio

Posted on 19/04/202113/08/2021 by Maurizio

It is called Patto per il Centro Storico or "Agreement for the City Centre", the 1 euro houses project of the municipality of Maenza. It wants to combat the abandonment of the ancient medieval village of the city centre. With a press conference with the Mayor of Maenza Claudio Speruti via Facebook,the municipal administration has presented its project with the hope that many o...

1 Euro Houses in Lazio

Posted on 19/04/202105/08/2021 by Eva

Escquire magazine has published a fantastic article on 1 Euro Houses available in Maenza, Lazio. For more information about the project look here. Source: https://www.esquire.com/it/lifestyle/viaggi/a36106482/case-1-euro-lazio-maenza/

Laurenzana 1 Euro Houses

Posted on 17/04/202105/08/2021 by Eva

The 1 euro houses project continues to expand all around Italy. This time it is up to the municipality of Laurenzana,a splendid village in the Basilicata region, to join the popular initiative. The goal is always the same: to combat depopulation and enhance the historic centre. For more information on the 1 euro houses project, visit the site here. Source: https://www.inve...

Buy a huge house with 1 euro: Cecilia’s incredible story – VelvetGossip

Posted on 04/04/202109/08/2021 by Maurizio

It happened in Sicily,in the semi-abandoned village of Mussomeli,where an Argentine girl bought with only 1 euro a building of 250 square meters. 3-storey. The shocking news blew up the web and now it is hoped that many others will imitate this beautiful gesture. 1 euro to repopulate the country Cecilia Solari,of Argentine origin, is now in all respects an inhabitant of ...

1€ HOUSES HERE’S THE MAP WHERE THEY ARE

Posted on 04/04/202109/08/2021 by Maurizio

Houses for sale for 1€: The map of Italian municipalities where you can buy them From the south to the north of the Italian peninsula, houses that would otherwise be abandoned or destroyed are sold by private citizens, or more often by municipalities, for the symbolic amount of 1€. The aim is to get new owners, who will invest in renovation and recovery work, to give new l...

23 locations where you can buy 1 Euro Houses in 2020

Posted on 03/04/202111/08/2021 by Maurizio

Here is where you can find and buy 1 euro houses. Those who buy have to undertake the renovation of the property within 365 days from the act of purchase. by Chiara Lanari,published on 04 February 2020 at 13:45 The 1 euro houses project continues in 2020. The official website casea1euro.it presents a 2020 updated list of the locations, protagonists of this initiative. The ...

Milan – Lombardy

Posted on 03/04/202116/02/2022 by Maurizio

Milan participated in the second edition of Reinventing cities, an international call for C40 whichprovides for the alienation and allocation of unused or degraded sites to environmental and urban regeneration projects. With this project, the municipality of Milan fights against civil engineering speculation on buildable land with the 1 Euro Houses project. The urban planning...

Oyace – Aosta – Valle D’Aosta

Posted on 17/02/202101/06/2023 by Maurizio

The small alpine village of Oyace participates in the 1 Euro Houses Project. The mayor Stefania Clos is eager to repopulate her mountain village, where 200 people currently reside. To show this need, where there are several abandoned and disused buildings. The town is located just under 1,400 meters above sea level in the Valpelline, about 20 minutes by car from Aosta. Oyac...

Augusta – Syracuse – Sicily

Posted on 17/02/202110/08/2021 by Maurizio

Sicily is still the protagonist of the 1 Euro Houses Project with the participation of the city of Augusta. The City Council has approved the project aimed at the recovery and enhancement of abandoned buildings in the historic center. The municipality's goal is to attract new residents and encourage investment. Getting to know Augusta The city of Augusta is located on the...

Biccari – Foggia – Puglia

Posted on 17/02/202108/02/2022 by Maurizio

The Municipality of Biccari participates in the 1 Euro Houses with 15 properties made available for sale at the symbolic price starting from the sum of 1 euro. The project aimed at repopulating the lively country with 2600 inhabitants starts this year even if the call has been proposed since 2019. To talk about Biccari and the beautiful initiative of mayor Gianfilippo Mign...

Santo Stefano di Sessanio – Aquila – Abruzzo

Posted on 29/11/202009/08/2021 by Maurizio

The village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio is famous for the pilot project on the widespread hotel, known and replicated all over the world. Now the administration has launched a market survey to combat depopulation and give the country a new demographic boost. This survey is aimed at knowing the interest in granting benefits to Italian and foreign citizens who intend to trans...

Laurenzana – Potenza – Basilicata

Posted on 29/11/202010/08/2021 by Maurizio

Laurenzana is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Potenza in the Italian region1 Euro Houses With this initiative, the Municipal Administration intends to recover abandoned properties with particular regard to those in the historic center of the country. Laurenzana Panorama These properties will be used both for housing and for the realization of activities aime...

Castropignano – Campobasso – Molise

Posted on 29/11/202012/08/2021 by Maurizio

Approved the Case project at 1 euro for Castropignano and for the roccaspromonte hamlet that is a few kilometers from the center of the village. This measure provides for the sale of private properties in a state of abandonment at the symbolic price of EUR 1. Many owners have already made their unmmobles available to the municipality. The Case project for 1 euro involves...

1 Euro houses available in Taranto – Puglia

Posted on 18/08/202017/11/2021 by Maurizio

Taranto is one of the first major Italian cities to join the Case project at 1 euro. Several properties are available, including houses for 1 euro. Getting to know Taranto The city of Taranto, an Italian municipality of 195,024 inhabitants and provincial capital of Puglia, is located on the north-western end of the Salento region, and overlooks the Ionian Sea. It is nickn...

How Does Covid19 Help Plan Your Renovation

Posted on 30/07/202009/08/2021 by Maurizio

Imagine a family where both parents are working from home with two or three school-going children who need to do their schoolwork at home. This will mean having sufficient space to house more than one working space. If there is something that homeowners are learning with this pandemic, it is the need to have a spacious house with the right conditions to support prolonged stay ...

With Bobby Disler with Fabio Venezia mayor of Troina

Posted on 11/06/202009/08/2021 by Maurizio

March 5 Bobby Disler Correll, young American nature lover and very committed to social, accompanied by his friend Maurizio Berti,head of the portal "Case for one euro", came from the United States to visit Troina and to evaluate the possibility of buying a house in our old and evocative old town. https://www.facebook.com/sebastiano.f.venezia/posts/10216472025448987?notif_id...

Former Convent of the Carmelites

Posted on 11/06/202009/08/2021 by Maurizio

Troina Ex Convent of the Carmelites Troin, 1 June 2020 Obtained a funding of 1 million euros for the restoration of the former Convent of the Carmelites. The project includes adaptation of the interior rooms of the 16th century complex, the arrangement of the roof of the building, the refurbishment of the prospectuses, the construction of the installations and the redevelopm...

TROINA, LANDS THE “TOGETHER FOR SOLIDARITY” CAMPAIGN

Posted on 11/06/202009/08/2021 by Alberta Paoli

ASSOARMA, ARMY AND CIVIL PROTECTION, DONATE MASKS AND FOOD TO THE CITY'S MOST NEEDY FAMILIES After several stages throughout Sicily also landed in Troina, one of the four municipalities of the island declared "red zone" during the Covid-19 emergency, the "Together for Solidarity" campaign, promoted by the Peripheral Council of ASSOARMA of Palermo, in collaboration with the Mi...

Itala – Messina – Sicily

Posted on 11/06/202003/03/2023 by Maurizio

The project supported and proposed by the councilor Edualdo Garufi and the Pro Loco Giovannello da Itala associationhas the recovery of the historic center as its objective To boost local productive activities, the municipality of Itala also joins the "Houses for 1 euro" project, that is, the sale of old uninhabited houses in the historic center at the symbolic price of 1 euro...

Troina – Enna – Sicily

Posted on 11/06/202010/08/2021 by Maurizio

The Administration of the municipality of Troina, very active and sensitive to the redevelopment of the country, decided to oppose the abandonment of the building by promoting the Project "Houses to one euro" "This is another initiative aimed at enhancing the old town through the redevelopment of private buildings. The goal we have set ourselves is to enhance, as other m...

Cinquefrondi – Reggio Calabria – Calabria

Posted on 11/06/202009/08/2021 by Maurizio

Cinquefrondi, the Italian country that has overcome the health emergency due to CoronaVirus, joins the project "1 Euro Houses". With this initiative called "Cinquefrondi Builds Beauty" Mayor Michele Conia wants to reverse the trend of depopulation and abandonment of the country. So Mayor Conia tells us about the initiative. "Finding new owners for the many abandoned h...

Gangi – Palermo – Sicily

Posted on 02/12/201910/08/2021 by Maurizio

1 Euro Houses in Gangi The village of Gangi joins the project 1 Euro Houses Gangi it is an ancient Sicilian village in the province of Palermo, on the Madonie. The village is located on a Hellenic settlement, perched on Mount Barone, surrounded by greenery, where you can enjoy a breathtaking panorama. Its old town was completely rebuilt in 1300 following the destruction of 12...

Lecce in the Marseilles – Aquila – Abruzzo

Posted on 02/12/201909/08/2021 by Maurizio

Currently there are no new 1 euro houses available. The small village of Lecce in the Marseilles is located in the heart of the Abruzzo National Park, Lazio and Molise and the dream of living immersed in the strong and gentle nature of Abruzzo between woods and snow-capped peaks has become achievable and also quite cheap. The municipality of Lecce in the Marseilles,which...

Carrega Ligure – Alexandria – Piedmont

Posted on 02/12/201925/02/2025 by Maurizio

Carrega Ligure 1 Euro Houses? Not really but ... Opportunity YES! Carrega Ligure is a municipality in the province of Alexandria. Beginning in the late 1800s, many inhabitants of Carrega Ligure were forced to emigrate to the Americas, leaving some homes in their sad and inexorable decline. The "1 Euro Houses" project would have wanted to stop this degradation by allowing t...

Nulvi – Sassari – Sardinia

Posted on 01/12/201909/08/2021 by Maurizio

The 1 Euro Houses Project in Nulvi continues successfully. Four properties are available. Nulvi, a village of about 3000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, is a village that has been for centuries the main center of Anglona, a historical region of northern Sardinia. In the 1960s a big depopulation hit the village. The municipal administration, on the way to this new ...

Salemi – Trapani – Sicilia

Posted on 01/12/201904/05/2022 by Maurizio

Salemi was among the first to experiment with the 1 Euro Houses Project in Italy. Among the first proponents was also the ex-mayor Vittorio Sgarbi. The current municipal administration continues with the initiative, selling houses for 1 euro in the ancient village of the historic center. Getting to know Salemi The small Sicilian village is located in the heart of the Belic...

Cammarata – Agrigento – Sicilia

Posted on 19/05/201910/08/2021 by Maurizio

Cammarata is an ancient village in the center of Sicily, in the heart of the regional park of the Sicani Mountains and adheres to the project 1 Euro Houses. The historical center of the village, developed around the castle, has retained the urban characteristics of the medieval village. In recent decades the country has become depopulated and many houses were abandoned. In 2...

Montresta – Oristano – Sardinia

Posted on 19/05/201904/08/2021 by Maurizio

The municipality of Montresta also joins the Project "1 Euro Houses" Territory in Sardinia and Montresta Montresta is a small village of just above 400 inhabitants in Planargia, bordering Logudoro Turritano. Its town, near Bosa, is 40 km from Alghero, 80 from the capital of Oristano and less than half an hour drive from the beaches of Bosa Marina . The territory of Montre...

Caprarica di Lecce – Lecce – Puglia

Posted on 19/05/201910/08/2021 by Maurizio

Not only 1 Euro Houses There are currently no reports of homes available 1 Euro Houses in Salento? Yes, for 20 years. Recover the old town and fight the depopulation of the town of Caprarica di Lecce. This the goal of the municipality of Caprarica Salento — about 2 thousand and 400 inhabitants — in order to revitalize the historical center where the old buildings crumbling a...

Bivona – Agrigento – Sicily

Posted on 05/04/201903/09/2021 by Maurizio

The Municipality of Bivona in the province of Agrigento adheres to 1 Euro Houses project. With this initiative, the City Administration aims to repopulate the old town and recover the abandoned properties left to the neglect of time. The origin of Bivona dates back to 1160, at the time of the Arab-Norman domination. Between the 15th and 16th centuries it was one of the ma...

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