PUGLI: A: A quiet town in Puglia, Italy is offering people £30,000 (about $30,000) to buy and live in an abandoned house.
These houses have long since been abandoned by their original owners and are the cheapest properties for sale in Italy.
The village of Presicche, near Lecce in Puglia, is a beautiful town about nine kilometers from the southern tip of the country with a beautiful beach. Presicce is a green and golden city surrounded by olive groves and built by monks in the Middle Ages. The history of the village is closely related to the olive grove, and historical relics are still in the historic center.
Under the central piazzas and Baroque palazzos there are 23 hidden rooms and olive mills, where farmers known as trappettari spend months pressing olives in stone mills driven by donkeys. These ancient crypts and underground olive factories can be accessed today through many historic buildings in central Italy.
If the city’s history and unique heritage haven’t convinced you to move to Presix, the Mediterranean climate will surely light your way. In mid-winter, the weather remains very mild, and the mercury never drops below 12°C under clear blue skies. In summer, the temperature rises to 54 ° F, just twenty minutes from the village, we invite you to take a road trip to enjoy the many beaches of Salento.
Although the proposal has yet to be implemented, a comprehensive plan is in place. Future home owners who move to the village of 9,000 will receive a prize of €30,000. This is a golden opportunity, because most houses are sold for as little as 25,000 euros. There will also be tax breaks and payments for families and children.
“The historic center, built before 1991, has many abandoned buildings that we want to see revitalized with new residents,” council member Alfredo Palese told CNN. “It’s a shame to see our old neighborhood, full of history, beautiful architecture and art, slowly disappearing.”
