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Found this one scrolling Immobiliare last night and couldn’t stop looking at that terrace. It’s in Paola, a coastal town in Cosenza province, Calabria. Three rooms, 107 sqm, one bathroom, €40,000, and yes it needs full renovation, but that view over the Tyrrhenian is hard to argue with. Listed through Tecnocasa. Would you take this on, or is the renovation bill going to eat the savings? Curious what people think Paola is like to actually live in.

Como province asking prices are up close to 9% year on year, sitting around €2,300 to €2,900 per square meter depending on the source, with prime lakefront towns like Cernobbio and Menaggio running much higher. 🫣

Foreign buyers, especially from the US, UK and Germany, are a big part of what is driving demand, alongside limited supply since there is basically no new lakefront land left.

Anyone here looked seriously at Como versus the south?

Yes, houses really do sell for €1 in Italy. You sign a renovation commitment, put down a refundable deposit (usually €5k–10k), and have to finish work within a few years.

Real cost of that renovation? Roughly €50k–120k for an average village house, depending on condition.

Anyone here actually done one? What’d you end up spending? Also, just watched YesTheory’s video on youtueb, worth a watch if you want the visual walkthrough.

Been scrolling listings again and this one stopped me. It’s outside Ostuni in Puglia, 40sqm house with one bedroom, recently renovated, sitting on almost half a hectare of land full of old olive trees and almonds. Asking price is €29,000. (Listed through Tecnocasa)

Heads up, the listing mentions unregularized building work, so that’s worth a geometra or notaio checking before you get attached. Is that a pass for you?

Found this one in Pedara, right at the foot of the volcano. It’s a proper fixer-upper, 167m², 5+ rooms, needs a total renovation, but the bones are there and the location is unreal. Listed at €100,000.

Has anyone here gone through a renovation in this area?

Came across this one while browsing Immobiliare.it and wanted to get the community’s take. Anyone bought in Reggio Calabria? How is the city?

Not affiliated with the listing, just thought it was an interesting price point to discuss. Drop your thoughts.

This is the kind of property that gets people scrolling listings at 2am. A stone farmhouse tucked between vine rows, mountains in the background, dead quiet except for wind.

Been scrolling Idealista way too much lately and found this one in San Corrado di Fuori, just outside Noto. 70,000€, 50m², 1 room, nice walls and old wooden shutters, that courtyard has serious charm.

From the photos it actually looks in decent shape, structurally sound, just needs some love and modernizing rather than a full teardown. But listing photos can be deceiving, so I’m curious how these things usually go in reality.

Would love to hear real experiences either way, especially from anyone who’s bought in Sicily specifically.

A lot of the listings I have seen for older properties in the south have no heating system at all. But nights in winter can still drop to 10C or lower!

For anyone who’s bought or renovated one of these, what did you end up using? AC units, wood stove, something else? Curious what actually works well and what turned out to be a waste of money.