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Hello David, All the northern lakes are beautiful, lake Como and Garda are perhaps more famous, and certainly the properties on lake Como and Garda are more expensive compared to the other lakes. I am afraid that your budget is too low for lake Como and Garda, or put another way – it is too challenging, therefore I would concentrate your energy in looking around Lake Maggiore, Orto and Iseo all beautiful lakes and still with properties more towards your price range.Best of luck, Conor

Have a look at sites like idealista.it, casa.it, tecnocasa.it, trovit.it, subito.it.  You should start to get an idea of what is available in the area that you are looking at and prices

You might be interested in my apartment, on a hill, overlooking Lake Maggiore, between Arona and Stresa.
https://www.italymagazine.com/post/nice-and-cheap-apartment-sale

Since you mention "year round"  do be aware that the northern lakes areas can get snow cover in winter, and plenty of days with low temperatures.  Coming from Rotterdam you might not care, but if you do, then the mediterranean coast near Genoa or Savona only adds about an hour more of driving. I don't know if your budget is enough for that area (if you don't demand a seaview, I would think so).  However,   I suggest that you buy (or rent) a place where you have a caretaker or landlord right on the property or in the same building.  I rent an apartment in Italy, and when I need to go away for weeks at a time my landlord makes sure everything is fine.  He lives in the same building.  Although I live in an apartment building, you can also find apartments for sale or for rent that are on farms or large pieces of property, where again there is someone around all the time who keeps an eye on your property. Italy is a very safe place with low crime but it also is just a fact that the holiday-apartment and holiday villa areas are well known, and everybody knows that many places are vacant for many weeks of the year.  So you need to be a bit mindful of security if you are going to be an absentee owner or renter.   There are many beautiful furnished holiday apartments where the landords would be thrilled to have just one renter paying rent year round. So you can often negotiate a nice deal, and the landlord will take care of the property when you are not there.