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A Sicily Dream Home
United States
Приєднався 16 кві 2014
Hi we're Tamara & Gary Holm! We bought a fixer-upper in Sicily! It all started when we heard about the 1 Euro houses in Italy- the Case for One Euro program, and we wound up buying a very old house in Sambuca di Sicilia. Spoiler alert: we spent more than 1€ for a house...and are happy we did! Now we are working hard to renovate and getting ready to spend some time in Italy.
#caseper1€, #1€houses #1eurohouse
#caseper1€, #1€houses #1eurohouse
House for 1 Euro? Kitchen design: Delivering tile to a Thousand-Year-Old House in Sicily...
We went on an adventure to Sicily to try to buy a house for 1 Euro. We got outbid and what we purchased was actually 19,000 Euros. Then we bought the neighbours for 8,000 Euro.
Our Sicily dream house renovation continues. This is the 3rd level or Floor 2 of our Italy renovation. It's the main level where we have the kitchen, dining, and living areas. #1eurohouse #sicilyhomesforsale #sicilia #renovation
Our Sicily dream house renovation continues. This is the 3rd level or Floor 2 of our Italy renovation. It's the main level where we have the kitchen, dining, and living areas. #1eurohouse #sicilyhomesforsale #sicilia #renovation
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1€ Euro House Redeux: Italian Kitchen design & renovation in an Ancient Sicilian Casa
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This is the 3rd level or Floor 2 of our Italy renovation. It's the main level where we have the kitchen, dining, and living areas. After purchasing an old house and subsequently, the next-door house for a total of 27,000 Euro, our Sicily dream house renovation continues. We're taking you from stone walls to modern dishwasher and everything in between #1eurohouse #sicilyhomesforsale #sicilia
Fixing up a thousand year old house in Sicily! It's a Terrace Terracotta Tour de Force!
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After purchasing this house and the next door house for a total of 27,000 Euro, our Sicily dream house renovation continues. We just can't get enough of the view, so we're taking you through some more updates to our almost-complete rooftop terrace! Next up floor 2 - the main level where we have the kitchen, dining, and living areas. #1eurohouse #sicilyhomesforsale #sicilia
Buiding an Italian rooftop kitchen: the best terrace in Sicily!
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Tam & Gary Holm here, we bought a house during the 1 Euro Sale in Sicily. Full disclosure it was more than 1 Euro! Now we're in the midst of renovating the centuries old house (well .. 2... pushed together) in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy. Top to bottom renovation. Literally starting at the top and working down to the old stables on the ground floor. It's a lot of work to renovate from Cal...
1€ Euro House Redeux: A Million Euro View...for just 1 Euro?
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Let's get to work! Benvenuti a Villa Delfino! Welcome to Villa Delfino! - Our fixer upper in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily. We've broken stone on our project and are taking you up 3 floors of a Middle Aged building frozen in Mid Century Design. We've conquered renovations in the United States, but never overseas and never anything like this. What have we gotten into??? Well we started from the bot...
1€ Euro House Redeux: Hitting a roadblock after we paid $8,700 usd for the next door neighbor's hous
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After commencing renovations on our Italy house in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily, the next-door-neighbor's home became available. We decided to roll the dice and see if we could combine the two houses together! Afterall, they share a wall.... a VERY thick wall. #1Eurohouses #sicily
We paid $21,000 (or 19,000 Euro) for a house in Italy- A Sicily fixer upper house! Episode 8
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We bid on a 1 Euro House and while were waiting, we looked at what else the town of Sambuca di Sicilia & Western Sicily had to offer, for both lifestyle and real estate. Getting a house for 1 Euro wasn't easy. A lot of people bid online, without ever even visiting the 16 available properties. We decided we needed to check out all the options in-person. We opted for a private sale home and paid ...
1€ Euro Sicily House Renovation- A tour of our fixer-upper in Italy. This is the roof terrace!
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Welcome to the Terrace 4th level or 3rd Floor (Ground, 1st, 2nd, & Terrace) - of our new fixer upper in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily. Come look inside at the project at hand as we take you up 3 floors of a Middle Aged building frozen in Mid Century Design. We've conquered renovations in the United States, but never overseas and never anything like this. What have we gotten into?... let's take a l...
We purchased a house in Sicily after seeing the 1 Euro houses- this is the 2nd Floor - Episode 6
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Welcome to the 3rd Level or 2nd Floor (Ground, 1st, then 2nd) - of our new fixer upper in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily. Come look inside at the project at hand as we take you up 3 floors of a Middle Aged building frozen in Mid Century Design. We've conquered renovations in the United States, but never overseas and never anything like this. What have we gotten into... let's take a look at the seco...
Inside the house we bought in Sicily after seeing the 1 Euro Houses - a private sale home in Italy
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Benvenuti a Villa Delfino! Welcome to Villa Delfino! - Our new fixer upper in Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicily. Come look inside at the project at hand as we take you up 3 floors of a Middle Aged building frozen in Mid Century Design. We've conquered renovations in the United States, but never overseas and never anything like this. What have we gotten into... let's take a look at the first floor! #1e...
Affordable houses in Sicily: €1 Euro Houses vs. Private Sale - Episode 4
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We bid on a 1 Euro House and while were waiting, we looked at what else the town of Sambuca di Sicilia & Western Sicily had to offer, for both lifestyle and real estate. The tropical & historical nature of Sicily checks so many dreamlife boxes, that we couldn't resist continuing our exploration, in case we didn't win a house in the 1 Euro sale. Getting a house for 1 Euro wasn't easy. A lot of p...
Houses for 1 Euro...What can you really get? Take a tour to find out - Sicily Dream Home- Episode 3
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After travelling to Sicily Tamara was able to see all 16 properties the "1 Euro Houses" on a public tour conducted by the town of Sambuca di Sicilia. It was a quick run around the town in whirlwind fashion.
24 hours in Sicily - Sambuca di Sicilia - Sicily Dream Home Ep. 2
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24 hours in Sicily - Sambuca di Sicilia - Sicily Dream Home Ep. 2
1€ House?? Searching for a Vacation Home in Italy- Sicily Dream Home Ep. 1
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1€ House?? Searching for a Vacation Home in Italy- Sicily Dream Home Ep. 1
We went for a 1€ house, & bought a fixer-upper in Italy…our SICILY DREAM HOME intro!
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We went for a 1€ house, & bought a fixer-upper in Italy…our SICILY DREAM HOME intro!
video is cut short the last sentence...come on
Where did you go
Beautiful
Go big or go home
We just bought a home in Sambuca. Looking forward to meeting you some time soon! A presto
YOU CANT LIVE THERE NARROW WALK WAYS CRAMPED DESOLATE TOWN NOBODY LIVES THERE NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE THERE ITS LIKE WALKING INTO 50 YEAR ABANDONED HOUSING AND THEY EXPECT YOU DO BRING IT BACK WITH YOUR MONEY THEN YOU CANT SELL IT FORGET IT FOLKS ITALY IS IN A DEPRESSION AND ECONOMY IS BAD NO JOBS OR LOW PAYING JOBS DO NOT LOSE YOUR MONEY GO ELSE WHERE NOT DEPRESSED ITALY GHOST TOWNS
I’m interest for house for eatery, close ocean, close weather please let me know. Thank you.
The euro houses are just that sold by the municipal. Other properties starting at a euro sold by auctioneers are different. Private sale is also the families selling themselves, many great bargains for one euro,
Yes. 1€ house is real but there is no water on the island and no rain. The government gives you water only every third day 😅
@@Rasarel there is water. Sorry you are not correct . My friend has a two homes is Italy and they have running water, showers baths
@@Liza-cl2gb of course there is water in mainland Italy. I speak about an island 🏝️..
Awesome $19,000. Got the first house and it’s amazing. This is my dream place . I would love a vacation home in Italy like this where family could come snd travel from. Wonderful All the best in your new adventure.
Sambuca?!?! in the middle of nowhere!! 😢😅
I"m sure what ever color you decide it will be great... everything you are doing seems pretty great to me... Ciao bella famiglia!
I am interested to buy 4 pls.
That’s so cool you bought the neighboring place too. Can’t wait to see what it looks like when you’re done
The lady looks 100 % similar like on the picture !!!
I like jewel colors too, but it the front door is wood you might want to stain it.
I didn’t realize that you were going to use this house as a vacation home.
It’s undefined! In this age of digital nomadism, FIRE, & not really having to be 100% anywhere… we are enjoying our time in Sambuca with no plan of how long or short our visits are.
I like the tile!
Looking Good! Keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Will you be able to at some point to give a price break down, maybe at the end when you’re done renovating, on how much everything cost?
Keep them videos coming!! Love your house! That view is to die for!
How is Memphis safer than Italy? An please, Italian food an the Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest in the world!!! Come on, I live in Italy, I have an olive grove in my garden.
Yo quiero comprar una casita allá. Me interesa. Sabes como o con quien puedo recibir asesoría. Obviamente algo asequible a mi presupuesto. 🎉🎉🎉 Gracias
U can buy houses for 100,000$ in memphis tn, its much safer and the food is better
rofl
you are 100% ignorant, sir
Hi guys. Looks great! But could you please break down the renovation costs? Also, did you do any of the renovations or was it all contractors? The prices of these houses are very inviting but all the UA-cam shows don’t say what it costs to renovate. Thanks from Alberta Canada.😊
Are you planning to live in Sicily permanently or is this just a holiday home?
not sure! working on citizenship, but we like to move around a lot :)
Salve 🙋♂️ again my favorite neighbors G & T ...luv this latested video !!! Well done. Things are really looking great !!!! The new 152 cm kitchen windows is 'bomb' 🤜💥🤛 and as I was watching I though "how cool Gary's green pants" as an ode to the slime that slowly disappears from the walls & ceiling. Keep the progress videos a-coming. I like how you 'tease us' at the very end of the video... look closely 🤓 the flooring is already in :)
Missed your videos. Please keep them coming!
More to come!
Hi what real estate agent did you use in sambuca??
we didn't! We looked at "for sale" signs and then used a government notaio to do the deal
Hope you power washed those walls before applying anything.
whoops! - YES OF COURSE. the stain was pretty permanent once we got off the goo.
What will be the last price of this ❤ prestigious ruins ???
list or last? priceless... you can't put a tag on loving a place that isn't ever going to be for sale
tax paying folks can now support the muslims italian liberals have let in to invade italy and live on welfare
Do you guys speak Italian? What the end goal? To live there permanently or rent out?
Hi! Tamara is better than Gary. She did her study abroad in college in Rome and took classes. We plan to live part-time. No rentals because we want to be able to use the house at will.
You 2 are so fun and adorable. Glad to see you are having fun during the reno and not stressing out. So much better now with that big closet gone and you have a lake view!! I say keep the view and let the drunk people and kids fall over the edge (just kidding)
Deprimente!!😢😢
lol
Gorgeous view !! Your project is coming along nicely !!
Thank you! Cheers!
We're heading to Sambuca in October to look at homes!!! Any tips are welcomed!
yay!
Hey Gary & Tam. How's it feel to be almost-there ?? The work you are doing looks fan-tastic😊 as I am a recent Fan of yours. My wish is to join you guys for one of your upcoming pizza- Prosecco-parties this summer..... "I'll have a G & T (Ginn and tonic) 🥡 ...to get things started"
it feels gooood.... :).
Did you buy a new ladder ?😂😂
Ha yep
Congratulazioni 🎊🎉🍾
Congratulazioni 🎉🎊🍾
Your home is going to be amazing! I love all the work you are doing and can't wait to have the opportunity myself one day.
Thank you so much!
The picture does look like you. Could be a sign
hahahahaha we think so
This Video was so Short ! Why ?
didn't know how long people would want to watch!
So many Americans realizing the US is horrible….its sucks when you’re old and realize you have been a cog in the Empire your entire life
Renovation will cost 5-600 Euros per square meter. Double that for extensive renovations. These costs assume that there aren't major undetected problems and that you'll find a competent and honest contractor (which in some areas is next to impossible). If you need to go to an Italian court of "justice", you'll never see your money again. EVER!
These 2 are definitely democrats back in America.
What is the total cost for renovations? how long will it take? I like the tiles on the terrace and would pick a different tile for the bathroom but keeping it uniform will also look good. You can always have fun with the backsplash tiles
Originally we were only going to do minor rehab to the bare necessities and estimated 40,00 US, but we've since tripled that budget due to our growing family and interest in visiting from friends. We decided to spend more and do a full renovation of all parts, put us more in the $125,000 zone.
@@TamandGaryHolm Keep up the good work!! It is going to be amazing. I'm in the process of looking to buy and understand how tempting it is to upgrade everything which adds up. Can't wait to see your finished work. Best Wishes
Love it!... Being Canadian we are currently unable to purchase in Italy but we're hoping to see the ban lifted by the end of this year. In the meantime, we have to live vicariously through people like you (thanks BTW!). I'm wondering how you've found trades to work with. Reasonable rates? materials cost? how difficult and time-consuming is it to get permits? If you're willing to talk about "nuts and bolts" issues in some of your videos it'd be really appreciated. In the meantime, the project looks pretty amazing!
Wow we didn't know there was a ban for Canadians! A quick online search looks like there could be some ways around with a good lawyer. YES we would love to get into nuts and bolts. good idea! We mostly went through word of mouth referrals .. a lot of feet on the ground in town, making friends.
A ban for Canadians? Why tho?
@@MsMarmima Canada has banned foreign buyers from purchasing in Canada as an attempt to thwart offshore residential property speculation in the midst of a white hot property market and housing shortage. Italian law has a tit-for-tat reciprocal policy in its constitution.
boring question... is there a tap and sink, i can't see on the plan?
There’s a sink and faucet in the kitchen by the stove going in. There’s a sink in the bathroom and also not on the floor plan there’s two hook-ups for water for either plants or a hose to clean. :)
@@TamandGaryHolm great! can't wait to see it progress 😃
Did you relocate to sicilia or It’s your second home?
For now, it’s part-time. But a busy part-time. A lot more flying back and forth than anticipated because we just love it but also have to sustain businesses in CA
That is what we are facing as well. We have a small winery in Northern CA and we are winding down towards retirement (we are 60 & 62) and want to live here full time. We have a place in central Tuscany. Modent house in a tiny town that was starting to disappear but now people are buying here. We have been here for 3 weeks working on the house and leave for CA on Sunday. I just want to stay here!
@@TamandGaryHolm Ah, now I understand why you're moving out of the country. You live in Cali. Just kidding. So do I, in SF bay area. I'm thinking about buying a vacay house in Italy and turning into short term rental when I or my family is not using it.
Yay I was waiting for your videos!
Yay!