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…
Buying property in Sardinia is often a mix of excitement and fear. The island offers beaches, countryside and towns that are hard to match elsewhere in the Mediterranean, but the legal and practical side can feel opaque—especially if you are buying from abroad. In daily practice, the same mistakes appear again and again when…
Buying property in Sardinia sounds romantic until you’re six months into ownership and discover the swimming pool was built without permits, or that the previous owner left 40,000 euros in unpaid condominium fees that are now legally your responsibility, or that half the property sits on land classified as agricultural and can never be…
Buying a property in Sardinia should feel like the beginning of a new life chapter, not the start of a legal battle. Yet most foreign buyers only discover serious legal issues when it is too late, after they have already signed a binding preliminary contract and paid a significant deposit that they cannot recover…
Seaview Residence on the Costa Smeralda A client from mainland Italy — let’s call him Alessandro for privacy reasons — had found his dream holiday home: a residential unit in a stylish seaside residence on Sardinia’s eastern coast, known as Costa Smeralda, with sea views and several shared amenities.Everything seemed straightforward: the price aligned…