Meredith Tabbone, a financial advisor from Chicago, purchased an abandoned $1 home in Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy in 2019. She also bought the home next door, and it cost her about $446,000 to ...

After learning about Italy’s “one euro” homes, 45-year-old Meredith Tabbone decided to bid on one herself. Though bids started at a single euro, she decided to offer £4,400, which is about ...

Meredith Tabbone, 44, has spent about three years rehabbing a Sicilian house. She’ll stay in it for the first time in July. Chicago woman’s Italian dream now a reality - Chicago Sun-Times ...

Chicagoan Meredith Tabbone is almost finished renovating her dream home in Sambuca, ... The Chicago financial adviser, who bought the place back in 2019, hopes to live in Italy full time some day.

In 2019, Chicago's Meredith Tabbone purchased the home in Sambuca di Sicilia, and it had a starting bid of €1 (US$1.09). When she first saw the 750sqft house, it was completely unlivable.

Tabbone won her bid and spent 5,900 euros, or roughly $6,200, to take ownership of the home. She also bought the building next door and spent the next four years managing a local crew on the ...

Meredith Tabbone first decided to buy and renovate a cheap home in Italy to reconnect with her family history. More than four years and nearly half a million dollars later, her 1-euro home journey ...

This American bought a $1 home in Italy and spent $446,000 renovating it—it improved her work-life balance By Jennifer Liu,CNBC • Published April 28, 2024 • Updated on April 28, 2024 at 11:16 am ...