A couple bought a "mouldy" abandoned Italian villa for €200k - and are spending another €200k renovating it to its former glory.
Roger, 49, and Mirella Bloomingdale, 54, had always wanted to move to Italy for a "easy" pace of life.
They started looking for homes and stumbled across the three story villa in Cupra Marittima, Italy, two years ago and fell in love.
After visiting the huge home - which comes with 2000m2 - they bought it for €200k.
They now plan to transform it back to its former glory with a ground floor living space, five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a library.
Roger, 49, and Mirella Bloomingdale, 54, had always wanted to move to Italy for a "easy" pace of life.
They started looking for homes and stumbled across the three story villa in Cupra Marittima, Italy, two years ago and fell in love.
After visiting the huge home - which comes with 2000m2 - they bought it for €200k.
They now plan to transform it back to its former glory with a ground floor living space, five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a library.
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00:00We bought this beautiful Italian villa.
00:02It has a lot of potential, it's close to the sea, and a beautiful view.
00:06But, it needs a lot of work.
00:08In the coming years, we'll be tearing down this annex, tearing down this barn, and revamping the building.
00:15We look forward to a wonderful journey.
00:20We traveled 1600 kilometers to view an abandoned Italian house that we found online.
00:25We had never been to this region of Italy, but what we found was amazing.
00:29An old villa, built in palazzo style, located in a valley of rolling hills, with a modest sea view and a 5 minute drive to the beach.
00:36The villa was abandoned for 25 years, as you can tell by the plants growing in the roof.
00:40The shutters and windows are partly broken, and when it rains, the water comes in.
00:44As with most abandoned houses, it appeared the house was left in a hurry, and inside we found a lot of trash, but also treasures.
00:51We never looked at another house again, and we didn't do a technical check.
00:55We fell in love with this house.
00:57People say we are crazy, but are we?
01:01What would you expect from a house called a palazzo by the broker?
01:04We thought marble hallways, painted ceilings, and all tiled flooring.
01:08But once we opened the shutters, and the light came in, we were shown nothing but dirt and damaged items.
01:13Instead of painted ceilings, we found moldy walls, and instead of tiled floors, we found feces of lizards, empty wine bottles, and used mattresses on a concrete floor.
01:24We hoped for antiques, but we found simple closets full of woodworm.
01:28We digged and cleaned for days, and had to let go of most of it.
01:32However, underneath all the dirt, a story was told by some treasures and old handwritten love letters.