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![190508-italian-town](https://img.money.com/2019/05/190508-italian-town.jpg)
*Historic centre of Mussomeli, Sicily, Italy*

A rustic Italian town is selling houses for one euro — as long as you fix it up.

Mussomeli, a hilly village near the center of Sicily, is one of the latest Italian locales to offer fixer-upper homes at apparently bargain basement prices, [News.com.au reports](https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/travel/a-picturesque-italian-town-is-selling-abandoned-houses-for-just-160/news-story/1f67386e1558b568eaf84df4f4e3aea9). The city-run program, called Case 1 Euro, began in April and currently lists [138 Mussomeli homes](https://www.case1euro.it/properties/?filter-id&filter-property-type&filter-contract-type&filter-price-from&filter-price-to=1&filter-baths&filter-beds&filter-area&filter-garages) being sold for €1, or the equivalent of $1.12 USD.

The promise of hyper-affordable real estate might sound tempting, but scoring a $1.12 home isn't quite as easy as adding it to your digital shopping cart. Homeowners must renovate the home in three years or lose a €5,000, or $5,595 USD, deposit, according to the website. Additional transaction-related fees, which range from administrative fees to taxes, can run a homeowner up to about $4,500 USD, the program says. And that's not even counting the plane ticket — potential buyers must visit the home for an inspection before offering, [according to the website](https://www.case1euro.it/how-it-works/) — and the homes' renovation costs.

Mussomeli is not the only Italian town to offer houses on the cheap. Both [Sambuca di Sicilia](https://money.com/sambuca-sicily-house-1/) and the [Sardinia town of Ollolai](https://money.com/buy-house-italy-1-dollar/) have employed similar programs. Those looking for their Italian dream house — or just interested in learning more about the program — can visit [case1euro.it](https://www.case1euro.it/).

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