
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…