I have an Australian Client for whom I refurbished their house on Lake Como, now they are living in Italy for over 12 months, and in their Pension years.
Hello all, I am writing asking the forum for help on behalf of an Australian client for whom we are refurbishing her house in Italy. The Australian lady bought the house to refurbish wanting to take up Italian citizenship.
Hi all I have a very basic question on using this forum: How do I send a Personal Message to someone?It would seem if I hit "reply" and send what would appear to be a message which only to recipient would see, is instead visible by the whole foru
I am afaid I am not much help to you. Most Italians advise to grow what you know grows locally i.e. ask neighbours what they suceed to grow.
I do not know how easy it will be to grow Italian stuff in the UK.
As an example and insight - I know that Rhubarb and Parsnips are very difficult to grow in Italian soils. The only Italian areas for Rhubarb are the pre-Alp and Alp zones. It is likely to be vice a versa were it is difficult to grow the Italian vegetable UK soil - not to mention the massive climate differences.
Hello, those with a business plan which depends on people coming in groups in the evening have been suffering terribly.
Therefore restaurants and night bars (pubs) have been dealt a deadly blowm, whereas bakeries and coffee bars are sort of surviving. Bakeries doing better than coffee bars as people are eating more food and bread than normal.
I am an architect working in the North of Italy, in particular around the lakes.
Unfortunately I am too far away to be of practical help to you in Impruneta, but from experience in searching on behalf of clients who want to build on Lake Como or other, I confirm that the principle is the same - if you want to build a new house on land - it is possible, but the key part of the puzzle is finding the right land at the right price.
Roughly every 5 years the various Comunes update their Development plans (PGT), and as part of these plans there is usually land that is earmarked to be built on for residential use with an indication of how much sqm or m3 can be built (however as time proceeds they are always less and less new build possibilities).
These parcels of land with the possibility to build on are much more expensive than simple farm land – sometimes the price can be too high, so it is a challenging task to find the right land for you and your pocket, but surely a local architect or geometra can help you find the right one if you communicate your requirements.
Once you have found and bought the land, the most difficult part is over – the time to get permission is dependent on the Planning controls so within a relatively time defined time of 3 to 9 months you should have permission.
I think your geometra is wrong. Not all Geometras are up to speed with the brand new procedure of the Suerbonus, if you are not too far from Milan I can help you out as and english mother tongue Architect.
If you are interested in buying the property to renovate - you should approach the process exactly as you would in your own country.
Of course it is much more complicated by not living in Italy and probably with linguistic barriers plus Covid thrown in the mix. Nevertheless - do as you would in your country i.e. find a Geometra or Architect who is independent from the seller and agent - who will give you a market price for the renovation project - initially you can ask for a simple ballpark price with basic description of what you want to do. This service will be inexpensive and be a business introduction for the Geometra or Architect, so they will do it for very little money – if you need to work with an English speaking Geometra or Architect – so be it. It will be possible to find one on this or other forums. However it is important to find one without asking the estate agent to provide you as there could be a risk of the Geometra or Architect working in the Agents/Sellers’s interests.
I tend to agree with Steve, in that a bilingual Notary seems more suitable. It is not clear if you are employing a bilingual lawyer in addition to the obligatory Notary or if indeed the Notary is the bilingual lawyer.
The Geometra will be able to look at the Visura Catastale and deduce the owner in 2 seconds. Even though the official document of ownership is the previous "Atto" or title deed.
For €25k I assume the property is quite small so the geometra will also be able to tell you in 2 seconds if the Scheda Catastale corresponds to the built reality.
Important to avoid any illegal building or irregular bureaucracy - often carried out in innocence by previous owner - but will land the new owner with expensive solutions to implement.
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Hey Thanks,
Regards,
Conor
Hello I am an architect active in Piemonte carrying out refurbishment projects.
Regards,
Conro Mulvenna
Aha!
Steve - where is your garden?
I am afaid I am not much help to you. Most Italians advise to grow what you know grows locally i.e. ask neighbours what they suceed to grow.
I do not know how easy it will be to grow Italian stuff in the UK.
As an example and insight - I know that Rhubarb and Parsnips are very difficult to grow in Italian soils. The only Italian areas for Rhubarb are the pre-Alp and Alp zones. It is likely to be vice a versa were it is difficult to grow the Italian vegetable UK soil - not to mention the massive climate differences.
Hello, those with a business plan which depends on people coming in groups in the evening have been suffering terribly.
Therefore restaurants and night bars (pubs) have been dealt a deadly blowm, whereas bakeries and coffee bars are sort of surviving. Bakeries doing better than coffee bars as people are eating more food and bread than normal.
I am an architect working in the North of Italy, in particular around the lakes.
Unfortunately I am too far away to be of practical help to you in Impruneta, but from experience in searching on behalf of clients who want to build on Lake Como or other, I confirm that the principle is the same - if you want to build a new house on land - it is possible, but the key part of the puzzle is finding the right land at the right price.
Roughly every 5 years the various Comunes update their Development plans (PGT), and as part of these plans there is usually land that is earmarked to be built on for residential use with an indication of how much sqm or m3 can be built (however as time proceeds they are always less and less new build possibilities).
These parcels of land with the possibility to build on are much more expensive than simple farm land – sometimes the price can be too high, so it is a challenging task to find the right land for you and your pocket, but surely a local architect or geometra can help you find the right one if you communicate your requirements.
Once you have found and bought the land, the most difficult part is over – the time to get permission is dependent on the Planning controls so within a relatively time defined time of 3 to 9 months you should have permission.
Also look at a you tube video in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw1sdPMAxzw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3Akr_9nB3FZDY_VhItAN_XmQu_VnnHpQk4tGniI0E4Xqdg7aa3hfqOMyA
I think your geometra is wrong. Not all Geometras are up to speed with the brand new procedure of the Suerbonus, if you are not too far from Milan I can help you out as and english mother tongue Architect.
If you are interested in buying the property to renovate - you should approach the process exactly as you would in your own country.
Of course it is much more complicated by not living in Italy and probably with linguistic barriers plus Covid thrown in the mix. Nevertheless - do as you would in your country i.e. find a Geometra or Architect who is independent from the seller and agent - who will give you a market price for the renovation project - initially you can ask for a simple ballpark price with basic description of what you want to do. This service will be inexpensive and be a business introduction for the Geometra or Architect, so they will do it for very little money – if you need to work with an English speaking Geometra or Architect – so be it. It will be possible to find one on this or other forums. However it is important to find one without asking the estate agent to provide you as there could be a risk of the Geometra or Architect working in the Agents/Sellers’s interests.
I tend to agree with Steve, in that a bilingual Notary seems more suitable. It is not clear if you are employing a bilingual lawyer in addition to the obligatory Notary or if indeed the Notary is the bilingual lawyer.
The Geometra will be able to look at the Visura Catastale and deduce the owner in 2 seconds. Even though the official document of ownership is the previous "Atto" or title deed.
For €25k I assume the property is quite small so the geometra will also be able to tell you in 2 seconds if the Scheda Catastale corresponds to the built reality.
Important to avoid any illegal building or irregular bureaucracy - often carried out in innocence by previous owner - but will land the new owner with expensive solutions to implement.