Meredith Tabbone, a woman from Chicago, won a bid on a home in Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy, and started a four-year renovation project. Despite warnings of potential scams, Tabbone took the opportunity as she discovered her great-grandfather's connection to the town. Inspired by her architect father, Tabbone faced numerous challenges throughout the process.
Several hundred homes have been sold to curious and ambitious renovators, including Meredith Tabbone, 44, of Chicago . She learned in 2019 that a town called Sambuca di Sicilia was auctioning off homes starting with 1-euro bids. "A lot of people warned me that it could be a scam I could end up losing a lot of money," she tells CNBC Make It. Still, she took up the idea when she realized her great-grandfather was actually from Sambuca.
She placed her bid on a home for 5,555 euros sight unseen and won, thus starting her on a four-year journey of renovations. Meredith Tabbone says she's never done a renovation project like this before, but she was inspired by the work of her father, who was an architect."From the moment that I sent in the bid and checked my email every day and found out that I won, all the way through this process, there have been 4 million moments of frustration, exhaustion, contemplation of how to move forward," she say
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