I saw an instagram reel yesterday from Scott Thompson of The Sicily Project. You can find him on tik tok @thesicilyproject or instagram @thesicilyprojects or his own website thesicilyproject.com
He said what I have been banging on about for years – you need permissions to do structural work, and that various people who have bought a 1 euro house assuming that they can do the whole job themselves are lulling people into a false sense of security.
He is based in the west of the island – he was the builder on Amanda and Alan’s Sicilian job, and I wrote a piece at the time explaining how the magic of television seems that you can get relevant permissions in 12 hours – (I used to work in tv so know how ‘reality’ actually works) –
If you are thinking about restoring a Sicilian house, I suggest you give him a glance.