Financial advisor Meredith Tabbone never expected her journey into her family’s Italian roots to lead her to a life-changing decision. While researching her Sicilian heritage, she discovered Sambuca ...

Buying a home in the Italian countryside for cheap comes with a catch — in one case, to the tune of of nearly half a million dollars.

Meredith Tabbone: Holy moly. Narrator: Over 20 towns across Italy have started selling abandoned homes for a single euro, or about $1.10. For the sake of this video, we'll call them dollar homes.

Meredith Tabbone turned her abandoned "one euro" (£4,400) Sicilian house into a £384k dream home - with a spa, outdoor kitchen and wine cellar. After also buying the home next door in Sambuca for ...