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The Condominium on Porto Cervo’s Best Beach That Was Actually a Hotel
Piccolo Pevero, Summer 2025. A Beach, a Condominium, and a Problem Six Years in the Making. Piccolo Pevero is the kind of place that people who know the area prefer: a protected inlet, far enough from the crowds of Porto Cervo to feel private, close enough to everything that makes the area what it…
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Your Yacht Is in Porto Cervo. Italy’s Tax Police Have Already Been Through the Marinas.
Porto Cervo, Summer 2026. The Season Started Differently. The Marina di Porto Cervo has 700 berths and capacity for yachts up to 160 metres. In any given summer week, the vessels moored at its pontoons represent a combined value that few marinas in the Mediterranean can match — superyachts belonging to investors, industrialists, family…
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When a Terrace in Porto Cervo Becomes a Tax Problem Worth Millions
The Problem Starts Before You Buy, Or Long After In the hills above Porto Cervo, overlooking the Pevero golf course, a cantiere that looked unremarkable from the road was quietly being transformed into six extra-luxury villas with swimming pools. The project had permits. It had a director of works. It had contractors, engineers, and…
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Buying a Luxury Villa in Costa Smeralda Through a Company? The Italian Tax Authority May Already Be Watching
The €1 Billion Question Nobody in Porto Cervo Is Talking About In the summer of 2024, the Guardia di Finanza — Italy’s financial police — completed one of the most significant anti-money-laundering operations ever conducted in the real estate sector of northern Sardinia. The target: approximately 150 property transactions in Costa Smeralda, representing nearly…
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Italian Notary and Closing Process When Buying Property in Sardinia
When foreign buyers first hear that a notary will “take care of the legal side” of their Sardinian purchase, they often assume the notary acts like a personal lawyer. In reality, the Italian notary is a neutral public official who must protect the integrity of the legal system and the registry, not the interests…