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Daily Mirror
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Kirsty Card & Liam Buckler

Man who bought house in Italy for just 85p forced to give it up three years later

A man who purchased a rundown property in Italy for just 85p has been forced to sell his house - as he couldn't find workers to renovate the property in time to meet a strict deadline.

Danny McCubbin, 58, bought the house in Mussomeli, Sicily, where a 'Case 1 Euro' campaign was launched to encourage foreigners to the area.

The Aussie, who had been living in the UK for 17 years, decided the opportunity to own an overseas home at a cut down price was too good to turn down and urged others to do the same.

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