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If I could be born again I’d like to be born in Italy….Editorial Competition Winner!! Once a Ruin, Now a Nice Italian Farmhouse - Talking About RestorationAfter months of searching you finally found a nice house; it’s in a perfect location and it has a panoramic view over the surrounding landscape of the Centre of Italy! Just what you were looking for ! And what’s more, the building has plenty of potential and a masonry of old bricks or natural stones, it’s really just perfect ! But….. it needs to be restored !Moving to Italy, How to Make Your New Life EasierStarting a new life In Italy is a thrilling opportunity but also one that requires courage and dedication. Thinking life will be one long holiday is an usual mistake. You''ll need to prepare yourself for the physical, psychological and financial factors of moving, and the first step is to get out of holiday mode. The main obstacles that you have to face are the likes of loneliness, language barriers, making friends and dealing with the fact that you are always going to be a foreigner in a foreign land. However, none of these obstacles are ones that you cannot overcome. This article shows you how to find that courage and commitment to enable you to get the very most out of your brand new life...Best Italian Regions for Property RestorationOne of the activities that interest the most who buys a property in Italy is restoration. Of course the restoration project can vary a lot according to the area in which the restoration is undertaken. Not only because of the many differences in the regulation of each Italian region (such as the “Piano Casa”, so much discussed nowadays), but there are also big differences in landscape, services, architecture and, last but definitely not least, price. Here we have selected 6 regions which stands out for restoration opportunities...Property in Italy, An Update on “Piano Casa”Some months ago we covered the details of the much discussed Berlusconi''s “Piano Casa”, which allows property owners to expand the volume of their homes by 20% or even 30% in case of complete reconstruction of the property and up to 35% if the property is rebuilt using eco-friendly materials. Italy Government''s plan has to be discussed, agreed and implemented by each Italian region which will adapt and change the regulation according to its needs. This means that even though the Government regulation is quite clear, whoever wants to use the plan and increase the home size has to verify the regulations adopted by the region where the property is located. Of course not all regions are running at the same pace throughout Italy, some are already in the execution phase where the permission requests for property expansion can be handed to the authorities, other regions have already approved the plan but are waiting for municipalities to hand their deliberations, and other regions still have to approve the plan....Show all news |
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In this period of economic turbulences people do not rely on financial investments any more and are
diverting their savings on much more reliable and stable investments such as properties. Within the world's property market there is Italy that stands out. Buy property in Italy is nowadays considered as one of the safest and most stable investments since Italian homes for sale not only have not been affected as much as in all the other main countries by the latest crisis, but have always had a steady growth, giving to its investors a good yields of income without any type of risk, this is also what makes buying property Italy so unique.
The potential of the Italian property market is huge as it offers well known and tested areas and at the same time it is also plenty of beautiful areas and regions that still need to be discovered by foreign buyers. The best known area of Italy is Tuscany, where foreign buyers started buying old farmhouses in its country side and restored them, especially in a specific area between the provinces of the wonderful cities of Pisa, Siena and Florence called Chianti and made famous worldwide by British and American buyers with the name of Chiantishire. This operation brought back to life a stunning country side that was left half empty by farmers who had moved to the main cities, but also created a trend that is still replicated in other areas of Italy that are becoming as much popular among foreign property buyers for their beauties such as Umbria and Le Marche.
As most people know Italy is one of the world's most visited countries, thanks to its endless list of beauties to see and to experience. Italy hosts two thirds of the historical and artistic heritage sites of the whole world, and Tuscany alone has more UNESCO world's heritage sites than the whole of Spain, which ranks second in the list of countries per number of heritage sites. This of course attracts visitors by millions every year and makes also Italy real estate for sale very attractive too to property investors. In fact many sales of property in Italy are in tourist areas and rented out to pay the mortgage or to pay off the the investment made. In fact many of the estate agents in Italy after taking the buyers through all the purchase process to the final sale, look after the renting of the property in the period in which it is not used by the owners.
Another trend that is becoming ever more popular is to buy old farmhouses, restore them and then open a B&B. This trend has increased in popularity, especially in the northern Europe countries, as there have been also reality shows in Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark featuring a group of people undertaking a big restoration project in a small village on the hills of Le Marche and converting the big property in a running B&B. The winners would win the management of the B&B.