A foreign buyer can sometimes buy property in Italy even where a habitation certificate, commonly known as agibilità, is missing or unclear. However, this should never be treated as a minor paperwork issue. The absence of an agibilità certificate may affect the buyer’s understanding of the property’s legal status, permitted use, planning history, practical…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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