384 fines for illegal building

We are trying to buy a property in Abruzzo which has had a number of legal / ownership complications, the latest of which is a portico which was apparently built without planning permission. We are considering negotiating a reduction in the purchase price, in case we have to pay a fine to the comune for this illegal portico. Does anyone have any idea how much such a fine might be? We have also been told that our options would be to either pay this fine (to legalise the portico) or to have it demolished, and we don't really know which would be the more expensive option.

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Legal

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/07/2005 - 12:13

David & Denise

If I remember correctly...I put you in touch with an architect to help you avoid these problems. She did brief me about the snags and issues converning the property you were after. I know that she gave you some advice. And given the circumstances, I think she was right.

What happened?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/07/2005 - 12:35

We have asked Lucia's advice as well. She did in fact alert us to the problem with the portico, which the agency had 'forgotten' to tell us about, because they didn't want to worry us (?) We then had the portico written into our legal agreement alongside the other issues, but as it is taking so long for the vendor to sort it out we wondered if we should just do it ourselves and get a price reduction in the process. We are still keen on the property, and hope that we can resolve the legalities, although we have almost run out of patience!