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I hear that. My grandfather was descended of German nobility. Nothing major, but he was the son of a prince. To be clear: a complete nobody even when German nobility was still a thing pre-WW1. After the war, they pretty much abolished all that in a revolution.
But basically, if I go back four generations, we owned a ‘castle’ somewhere. Meanwhile, I’m solidly in the peasant class.
Good news, I hear you can probably get a castle for fairly cheap. Only problem is you have to maintain it.
From whom? Was it a little gnome peeking out from behind a mushroom?
Quite a few countries, Italy for example, will either sell you a castle for dirt cheap or just give it to you, as long as you promise to restore and maintain it.
Which is, to be clear, an absolute pain in the ass, since those castles have very strict restrictions about how to repair and upgrade them, materials and even companies you’re allowed to use, etc. Not to mention they’re a bitch to heat in the winter.
The cheapest castle I can see from a cursory glance is 1.3 million euros. You must be on that good gnome shit.
Edit: that's an outside area of 732m² and an internal of 184m². It's a literal tower on a tiny plot for 1.3 million dollars. Nothing about that seems remotely close to cheap.
It costs as much as normal house closer to the city. This makes it cheaper than one would expect for a giant historically important castle. If those were built today by modern standards they would cost much more.
So what you mean to say is castles are relatively cheap, not that they are actually cheap?
Italy Giving Away More Than 100 Castles, Villas and Monasteries for Free https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/italy-giving-away-100-castles-villas-monasteries-free/
Right but that comes alongside a detailed proposal to restore the property and turn it into a functioning tourist facility.
So very much not free.
Oh yeah, it’s a bankruptcy waiting to happen but at least they don’t make you pay for the nightmare up front I guess.