The long read: Frustrated with my life back in the US, I was captivated by the idea of a new home – and new life – for less than the price of an espresso. So I travelled to Italy to find out whether it was too good to be true
If you compare it with price in the US coastal areas or overrun European metropolitan areas, it is still quite cheap.
Obviously you shouldn’t expect to just move to Italy, hit up a restaurant there for a waiter job and make enough to be able to pay for the house and renovations.
Spoiler: the houses are run down or abandoned and need expensive renovations to be habitable and up to modern standards.
Also, the houses are in poorer towns that are depopulating.
Great; i hate people!
“expensive” is relative.
If you compare it with price in the US coastal areas or overrun European metropolitan areas, it is still quite cheap.
Obviously you shouldn’t expect to just move to Italy, hit up a restaurant there for a waiter job and make enough to be able to pay for the house and renovations.