Our readers are familiar with the 1 Euro homes frenzy that has taken Italy by storm in the past three years. Italophiles around the world have been enticed by the opportunity to snatch village-center, traditionally-built properties for the price of a coffee a bit everywhere in the Belpaese: from Olloai in Sardinia to Sambuca in Sicily, all the way to Biccari in Apulia, the project has been embraced by many a commune and welcomed by a large number of eager, mostly foreign, buyers.
Because, to be truthful, Italians don’t quite buy into the “Italian dream.” They live it already some would say, or they know it isn’t always a dream because there is always another side to the coin and it’s usually the one showing reality more accurately. I am not saying that living in Italy isn’t dreamlike but, as it happens in every country, it’s not always rose e fiori.
