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There are many abandoned castles in Scotland and they are looking for relatives of former owners.
If your last name is Duncan, Bowie, McBain, Campbell or Murray or any of these 436 published on this list, this might be your chance to get your family castle.
What is second prize? Two castles?
I bet there are tons of heirs, by now!
Unfortunately I am pretty sure I have no Scottish ancestry 
But I am always up for a good story. Maybe GlasgowJohn will have one to share!
I bet there are tons of heirs, by now!
Unfortunately I am pretty sure I have no Scottish ancestry
But I am always up for a good story. Maybe GlasgowJohn will have one to share!
Lots of good stories #Serafina , but none that I could tell in a public forum
I am sure that #UKMan who is married to a descendant of an Argentine noble family has better stories...
Deflection, GlasgowJohn.
I have Scottish ancestors. Maybe I’ll stake a claim on a falling-down old wreck and we can have an ArgentinaExpats.org house party there.
And GlasgowJ can spin his yarns in person.
in ITALY they are paying for u coming and staying, not just giving a ruined castle.....come on!
in ITALY they are paying for u coming and staying, not just giving a ruined castle.....come on!
Besides the attractive €1:1 house campaign in some remote towns in Southern Italy, the Italian government has issued a series of financial incentives to attract Italians back this year. They have been widely published on the media and on Consulate's websites.
However, these incentives are just for a few years (2 or 3) - then you are back to paying taxes as usual, i.e. to the level that made you left.
If someone is interested in €1 - 1 house, here are some stories (spoiler alert: nobody paid €1):
BBC: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article…214WrOtTUgdnJio
INSIDER: https://www.insider.com/what-are-sambu…wTboEafKor9yl7M
I think the region offering incentives to people who will come to set up businesses are on to a better idea than the towns just trying of offload abandoned houses on people who will renovate them.
Yes, renovating houses has an effect on the local economy, at least providing temporary construction jobs, but the people interviewed for these articles bought their Euro Houses to use as vacation homes. So they won’t become regular residents who contribute to town life, but will remain occasional visitors.
Italian lessons start after the spritz?
Italian lessons start after the spritz?
I guess after the Spritz is over one lounges for the airport!
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From now on, my name is Duncan Bowie McTavish.
all this castle talk makes me think of "Connor McCloud", Christopher Lambert in the Highlander.....such a great series and film.......he is really such a classy bad ass actor, without being ordinary, in my opinion!!!!!
And while we are now at it......just watched Braveheart with Mel Gibson......also a great great movie from the highlands of Scotland.....
Without knowing, I would make a bet that serafina would like Christopher Lambert.....
Without knowing, I would make a bet that serafina would like Christopher Lambert.....
Not my kind of man, at all.
While I always like to watch a nice tall blonde guy, I am not into rough hairy men.
I can't even see the list of names to find out if I'm in line for a castle. Not that I'd want one anyway. I have enough maintenance jobs in this old house to do to prevent it from falling to bits.
the problem with those deals are that there is a catch.......you had similar stuff in Germany.....buy an old knights castle .......great idea, except, it's not just to move in and start repairing, nooooo, you are forced to do it......and properly, under the budgets already made!!!!!! So maybe castle is 1 euro, but the FORCED repair 5 million.......which you cannot delay or skip!!!!
Could be a nightmare.
Just found this, which would be great if you have the cash.
Similar sort of thing happened in Scotland when 'incomers' bought old historical property. They used to be able to apply for grants however there were strict guidlines on what you could and couldn't do to the properties and the way the work had to be done. Hence it usually ended up costing a fortune to make them habitable even with the grants. The local buiders did alright out of it though.
