Can you buy a house in Sardinia for 1 euro?

Some comuni in Sardinia have run one-euro schemes. We have 1 on file, of which 1 is open or selling now: Montresta (reported open). Every scheme comes with a deposit and renovation deadlines, and the renovation is the real price.

Is Sardinia losing population?

92% of Sardinia's comuni with comparable figures had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and the region's comuni as a whole changed by -3.7%. The steepest declines are almost always in the smallest towns.

Does Sardinia qualify for Italy's 7% tax on foreign pensions?

Yes, in part. 363 of Sardinia's 377 comuni have 20,000 residents or fewer, which with the region is the location test for the 7% flat tax on foreign pension income. The pension must be foreign-sourced and you must not have been tax-resident in Italy for the previous five years.

Where are the cheapest houses in Sardinia?

In the small inland comuni that are losing people fastest — the list on this page is a good place to start. Genuinely cheap houses come from three places: one-euro schemes, Italian court auctions, and owners selling privately, often with no agent at all.

Sardinia · 377 comuni

Moving to Sardinia

Sardinia is the island west of the mainland, with a coast famous abroad and an interior that is emptying. Of its 377 comuni, 92% had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2019, and 363 of them sit inside Italy's 7% pension-tax zone.

This page is for anyone looking at houses for sale in Sardinia or thinking of moving there: which towns need people most, the one-euro schemes, and every comune in the region with its own page.

Updated September 2026 · figures from ISTAT

377
comuni: 92%
of them shrinking since 2019: -3.7%
population change, 2019–2025: 363
towns in the 7% tax zone

1 euro houses in Sardinia

These are the one-euro and cheap-house schemes we have on file in Sardinia. Status is what we last confirmed — always read the comune's own notice before you plan around one.

MontrestaReported open

The house is rarely the expensive part. Read what the one-euro houses really cost before bidding on anything.

The towns in Sardinia that most need people

Ranked by the Need Index: how fast the town is losing residents and how old its people are. These are where houses sit empty longest, where owners are most willing to sell, and where comuni run schemes to fill them.

1Sadali-18.3% · 776
2Ussassai-17.3% · 439
3Villa Verde-16.5% · 258
4Gadoni-16.1% · 638
5Bidonì-17% · 117
6Semestene-15.4% · 121
7Senis-15.3% · 376
8Armungia-13.4% · 399
9Pompu-13.3% · 215
10Atzara-13% · 967
11Ortueri-13.5% · 978
12Sennariolo-14% · 154
13Siddi-13% · 548
14Borutta-13.3% · 242
15Ulà Tirso-13.8% · 445

The 7% tax towns in Sardinia

A foreign pensioner who moves their tax residence to a comune of 20,000 people or fewer here pays a flat 7% on all foreign income for nine years. 363 of Sardinia's comuni meet that size test.

See every 7% tax town in Italy, or read how retiring to Italy works.

Every comune in Sardinia

All 377, by province. Each has its own page with its population trend, median age, scheme status and neighbours.