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Sophie Bouali bought a home in Italy. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n
A woman has lifted the lid on how she bought a fully-renovated Italy home for less than the cost of a ute in a bid to escape soaring property prices and bills in Australia.<\/p>\n
Sophie Bouali and her tradie husband Adam have made the leap abroad after choosing to forgo rising grocery and mortgage bills for the Italian countryside.<\/p>\n
The Brisbane couple recently purchased a two-bedroom home in Tuscany for \u20ac55,000 (AUD $90,000) and plan to sell the Queensland property they bought in 2021.<\/p>\n
Ms Bouali, 31, said they began looking at overseas living options after realising how suffocating the cost of living crisis was becoming in Australia.<\/p>\n
MORE:\u2018Bad\u2019: Dark side of buying $2 home in Italy<\/a><\/p>\n They bought the property in Tuscany\u2019s Lazio region. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n MORE:27yo quits Aus for \u2018safest country\u2019 then flees<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cAustralia has been a great place to live and build our lives, but like many Australians, we\u2019ve definitely felt the rising cost of living over the last few years,\u201d she told the Daily Mail<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cWe bought a house in Italy for the price it cost for a ute in Australia,<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first started looking at properties, I was shocked to see how affordable some homes in Italy were compared to Australia. It made us realise that owning a house outright and living mortgage-free could actually be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Ms Bouali\u2019s new Italian home is a semi-detached home spanning three levels.<\/p>\n The top floor has two bedrooms, including a balcony to one and a powder room to the other. The middle floor includes the renovated open-plan kitchen and bathroom. The ground floor houses the garage, cellar and laundry.<\/p>\n MORE: Couple quit Aus for Thailand, expose costs<\/a><\/p>\n The home is renovated already and ready to move in. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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