Agrigento · Sicilia
StablePartner comuneArab quarter, lake below, wine all around
Photo Davide Mauro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Decline, ageing, empty stock, declared shortages
Schools, medical, shops, connectivity, travel
Sample profiles until real trades register here
Holding its own. Come for the place, not the rescue mission.
One of the prettiest of the scheme towns, with a Saracen quarter of narrow stone streets and a lake fifteen minutes away. Demand has been strong enough that properties now go to auction above the nominal price — this is the polished end of the market.
Before you fall in love
Drawn from comune statements, school and service data, and the shape of the local economy.
Hospitality, urgency 4 of 5
Wine and lake tourism outgrowing the beds available.
Artisans, urgency 4 of 5
Restoration crafts — stonework, joinery, tiling — in short supply.
Families, urgency 3 of 5
School roll needs new children to stay viable.
Case a 1 Euro
The comune sells an abandoned property for a nominal €1 against a binding commitment to renovate. Every comune writes its own bando — the deadlines and guarantees below are Mussomeli's, the flagship scheme, and vary elsewhere.
Eligibility
What you commit to
Terms checked against the issuing body on 2026-08-18 · official source.
7% flat tax for foreign pensioners
Foreign pension and foreign-source income taxed at a flat 7% for NINE tax years for new residents of southern comuni up to 30,000 inhabitants — the threshold was raised from 20,000 in April 2026, which tripled the eligible towns.
Eligibility
What you commit to
Terms checked against the issuing body on 2026-08-18 · official source.
350m up, 35km from the sea, 75km from an airport.
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Every essential trade covered, with verified businesses and English spoken.
Mussomeli, Sicilia
Three generations of builders working the historic centre. Has taken fourteen scheme properties from ruin to habitable, and will tell you when a building is not worth saving.
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Mussomeli, Sicilia
Full rewires with certification, which the comune will ask for at completion. Also fits solar, which pays for itself fast at this latitude.
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Mussomeli, Sicilia
Bathrooms, kitchens and full replumbs in old stone buildings where nothing is where you expect it. No English — bring a translator or use ours.
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Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicilia
The geometra is the single most important hire on a scheme purchase — surveys, permits, and the completion certificate the comune needs to release your deposit. Thirty-one of these completed.
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