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.
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Hi ST,We have the same problem in our house in Calamandrana, next door has two dogs kept outside as guard dogs- Poor thing seem so un happy and bark at anything that moves i.e. birds, cats, cars, trees etc.We had a guest who was a very light sleeper who said they did not sleep at all due to the dogs next door.I am sorry but I have no solution but sympathise with you and the poor dogs. Interested to hear if anyone has a solution.
Hello Skian, There is without doubt the national wide tax incentive for all refurbishment works, and there may be more local one that refers to the traditional old buildings in your specific area. You will need an accountant to steer you through the bureaucracy and I am afraid it will not be money that is given to you prior to carrying out the works, but rather you pay for the works and for the next ten years you can get a discount from the Tax you pay - OBVIOUSLY you need to be paying tax in Italy in the ten years following the refurbishment, often foreigners miss out on this type of tax break because they do not pay much tax in Italy. I hope that this info is not really bad news for you. There are also similar tax discounts to be had for sustainable / energy saving Insulation and or Windows and or Plant.I am an architect and we always advise our clients to get advice direct from an accountant for dealing with Tax incentives as they are always changing the rules and they will not recognize your expense if it is not registered in the special way that they want the invoices to be paid. The roof you describe sound heavy duty stone roofing, which is quite specialist and due to the stone being heavy it will require a hefty structure and of course the stone does not come cheap, the price per sqm sound double to that of a normal roof .....But I would have thought that there is alot of stone and other stuff of the existing roof that could be re-used in the existing roof. An intelligent approach to the new roof could save you alot of money, the trouble is most Builders find it easier to build all from scratch as they run no risks doing so and deliver a guaranteed product, but it is expensive. For finding roofers the best bet is to ask in local bars - you will need to have good Italian to get anywhere.The Best of Luck.
Sorry I cannot help. I am an English speaking Architect with base in Milan, I don't know any geometras in the Monzuno area. Unfortunately English speaking geometras are very rare.
Maybe there is such a bank. I would be interested to hear of it. I know that recent changes to the banking regulations in Italy (probably to stop money laundering) mean that it is impossible for non-Italian -residents to open an account in Italy without physically being present in the relevant bank branch and the operation of opening the account can take the best part of a morning or afternoon. Not a pleasant process if you only want the account to pay bills on your property in Italy. If anyone knows of an alternative bank I would be interested to know.
I am not technically minded regarding Internet reception, but I know that Eolo are shaking things up in rural areas with their satellite dish internethttps://www.eolo.it/
The house for 1 euro schemes are not cheap - as the objective is to attract new (foreign) money into an old town. I believe the hosues are nice and it can be a great experience in doing them up, but the people organising it need people who are keen to invest money and time into the project for it to work for everyone. There will certainly be many non - Italians involved. You need to commit a part of you to teh scheme in ordert oget something out of it. It is not a "Free Lunch".
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Hi ST,We have the same problem in our house in Calamandrana, next door has two dogs kept outside as guard dogs- Poor thing seem so un happy and bark at anything that moves i.e. birds, cats, cars, trees etc.We had a guest who was a very light sleeper who said they did not sleep at all due to the dogs next door.I am sorry but I have no solution but sympathise with you and the poor dogs. Interested to hear if anyone has a solution.
Hello Skian, There is without doubt the national wide tax incentive for all refurbishment works, and there may be more local one that refers to the traditional old buildings in your specific area. You will need an accountant to steer you through the bureaucracy and I am afraid it will not be money that is given to you prior to carrying out the works, but rather you pay for the works and for the next ten years you can get a discount from the Tax you pay - OBVIOUSLY you need to be paying tax in Italy in the ten years following the refurbishment, often foreigners miss out on this type of tax break because they do not pay much tax in Italy. I hope that this info is not really bad news for you. There are also similar tax discounts to be had for sustainable / energy saving Insulation and or Windows and or Plant.I am an architect and we always advise our clients to get advice direct from an accountant for dealing with Tax incentives as they are always changing the rules and they will not recognize your expense if it is not registered in the special way that they want the invoices to be paid. The roof you describe sound heavy duty stone roofing, which is quite specialist and due to the stone being heavy it will require a hefty structure and of course the stone does not come cheap, the price per sqm sound double to that of a normal roof .....But I would have thought that there is alot of stone and other stuff of the existing roof that could be re-used in the existing roof. An intelligent approach to the new roof could save you alot of money, the trouble is most Builders find it easier to build all from scratch as they run no risks doing so and deliver a guaranteed product, but it is expensive. For finding roofers the best bet is to ask in local bars - you will need to have good Italian to get anywhere.The Best of Luck.
I don't know Verona, but any Irish Pub will be a good bet - they will be gear up for the rugby.
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Sorry I cannot help. I am an English speaking Architect with base in Milan, I don't know any geometras in the Monzuno area. Unfortunately English speaking geometras are very rare.
Maybe there is such a bank. I would be interested to hear of it. I know that recent changes to the banking regulations in Italy (probably to stop money laundering) mean that it is impossible for non-Italian -residents to open an account in Italy without physically being present in the relevant bank branch and the operation of opening the account can take the best part of a morning or afternoon. Not a pleasant process if you only want the account to pay bills on your property in Italy. If anyone knows of an alternative bank I would be interested to know.
I may be able to help - you can PM me on info@rinovaprojects.com
I am not technically minded regarding Internet reception, but I know that Eolo are shaking things up in rural areas with their satellite dish internethttps://www.eolo.it/
The house for 1 euro schemes are not cheap - as the objective is to attract new (foreign) money into an old town. I believe the hosues are nice and it can be a great experience in doing them up, but the people organising it need people who are keen to invest money and time into the project for it to work for everyone. There will certainly be many non - Italians involved. You need to commit a part of you to teh scheme in ordert oget something out of it. It is not a "Free Lunch".