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 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,…
Yes, it is possible to buy and renovate an Italian country house while living abroad. Many foreign owners manage a farmhouse, villa, rural home or historic property in Italy without travelling for every document, meeting, contractor visit or payment. However, remote renovation should not be treated as a series of informal messages, verbal quotations…
Many of Umbria’s most beautiful country homes are reached by a private or shared road: a gravel track through olive groves, a lane across a neighbour’s land or a local rural road maintained by the owners who use it. Before you make an offer, you should know who owns that road, whether you have…
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