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Buying an Apartment in Italy? 9 Condominium Documents to Check Before You Make an Offer
Buying an apartment in Italy can be less straightforward than buying a detached house because the buyer is acquiring more than the flat itself. The purchase also brings rights, costs and obligations connected with the condominium, its rules, shared areas, financial position and future decisions. A beautifully renovated apartment in Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice,…
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The Seller Has Not Provided the Documents: Should You Still Make an Offer on Property in Italy?
If the seller has not provided the documents for an Italian property, a foreign buyer should usually avoid making an unconditional offer or paying a deposit simply to secure the property. Missing documents do not always mean that the purchase must fail, but they can prevent the buyer from understanding what is actually being…
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The House Needs Work. Can You Still Buy It Safely in Italy?
A house that needs renovation can be one of the most rewarding ways to buy property in Italy. It can also be one of the easiest ways to buy a problem that was never visible in the listing. A foreign buyer may see a farmhouse in Tuscany, a historic apartment in Rome, a villa…
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Buying a Property in Italy With a Swimming Pool: What Foreign Buyers Should Check Before Making an Offer
A swimming pool can be one of the most attractive features of an Italian property. It may also be one of the features that deserves the closest scrutiny before a foreign buyer signs an offer, pays a deposit or assumes that future improvements will be straightforward. A villa in Sardinia, a farmhouse in Tuscany,…
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Buying Property in Italy From a Non-Resident Seller: What Foreign Buyers Should Check Before Making an Offer
Buying property in Italy from a seller who lives abroad is possible and often straightforward when the legal position, documents and signing arrangements are properly prepared. However, the buyer should not assume that a seller’s absence is merely an administrative detail. The seller may live in the United Kingdom, the United States, Switzerland, France,…