@dustyparadeground I think there could be many books written about Southern Europeans and their property escapades, and the turmoils of their naive foreign spouses. Or a very funny sitcom.
My pils property was originally a dilapidated house shared by four cousins who could never agree on what to do with it and were constantly squabbling. But could not bare to sell it because, "the land should stay in the family" which went on for 30 years until the government got involved and told them they had to do something about it or it would be sold for them, as bricks/tiles were falling down and were a danger for passers by.
Even to this day, the elderly cousins don't speak, and only the second cousins, including my dh, speak between themselves, as they all have "inherited" an apartment in the block that was built.
Out of spite, my fil refuses to pay for the building running costs, like elevator etc, because they were set up by one of the second cousins, so every time we visit we have to go around and pay them ourselves in order to keep the peace. These are actually quite minimal, but my fil outright refuses to put money in their hands. They want to keep the land in the family, but not good spirits, apparently.
And don't get me started on my mil, who took it upon herself to be project manager. We politely requested that the insides be decorated in neutral colors, like white. Well she went to town on the bathroom, decorating it in crazy 80s black and white swirling patterned tiles, like you are looking through a kaleidoscope or have taken some hallucinogenic drugs.
Wow, it feels great to have a place to vent!