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Re:The Italian towns selling houses for €1 by bee_rider on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @12:20PM (#44584044)
I could see the appeal of a shack, but I suspect a castle would be quite a maintainence burden.

I guess nowadays one would not need to employ as large a retinue… but you don’t get to tax the local villages anymore. Seems like a wash.

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Re:The Italian towns selling houses for €1 by AndrewDavis on Thursday July 17, 2025 @02:25AM (#44590298)
I really enjoy the TV show Escape to the Chateau. A lot of couple buy an old run down French chateau and move in with their two kids. Each episode is roughly them doing up a part of it. Often with ideas for making money out of it.

Very much light entertainment, but it's eye opening how significant of a restoration and maintenance burden it is.

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