Can anyone help please? I purchased a small apartment in Umbria in October 2018. In 2019 I engaged the services of a local tradesman to clearout my basement which was kneedeep in rubble from the previous owner.
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Does anyone have any suggestions about how I could have a piece of furniture (specifically a large wall-mounted plate rack) delivered from Devizes UK to my place in Umbria? Thanks
Sat, 10/03/2020 - 11:50
What is wrong with this community forum? It used to be so good, now it is difficult to navigate, posts from as far back as 2009 head the top of the page and there are a heap of spam-like posts that are just downright annoying! Can we go back to
Tue, 03/10/2020 - 19:38
I recently purchased a small flat in an Umbrian town but I can tell you that it has taken me years to get to this point. I started researching years ago and came across exactly the same situation as yourself. I would fire off email after email i
Sat, 01/05/2019 - 09:21
Hello, I just recently bought a little apartment in the historical centre of a little hilltop town in the province of Perugia. We need to do some renovations on it but before we start we need to clean up the mess that was left behind. The previo
Wed, 10/10/2018 - 00:10
URGENT ADVICE REQUIRED: I am in Umbria at this very moment and was in the process of buying a small apartment here.
Thu, 05/24/2018 - 12:26
Could someone please tell me what the situation is for payment of IMU TASI and TARI on a historical property purchased as a second home? Thank you
Tue, 08/29/2017 - 03:19
Hello, I am considering buying a house in Umbria that needs restoration. It looks in relatively good nick but is not habitable according the the real estate. Do I need a certificate of habitation before I can start using the property.
Sun, 08/27/2017 - 04:13
Hello, I am a non EU non resident wishing to purchase a property in Umbria. Could someone please explain the new anti-seismic bonus that the Tax Office is offering on first and second homes? Does it apply to non-residents? How does the bonus wo
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 04:14
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Why would you want to put yourself in so much trouble for a place that is not even considered a dwelling? If €9000 is all you can afford there are still a few places around for about that price and a bit above that need renovating but are actual dwellings . Look on idealista.it.
I'm sorry but what is your actual situation in Italy? Have you recently moved there? Are you by yourself? Are you a student? How long do you wish to live in Italy? Would it not be less complicated to just rent a place for the time that you are there? When I said that you should take a friend with you to the agency I meant a personal friend, a friend that I thought you might already have. I didn't mean that you should make friends so that you can talk business. If you were to clarify your situation this might make it easier for someone in the forum to give you the correct advice for your situation.
I totally get your frustration because I too came across this situation multiple times when I was in the quest to buy a place. Forget trying to communicate via email unless you get someone to do it for you in Italian. The same with going into an agency. Make sure you are accompanied by a friend who speaks fluent Italian. Approach the agency with a specific property or properties that you wish to see. If they let you get past this first step, have your friend communicate the facts and that you are desperate to get a property which your relatives will be purchasing and that you will be living in. Once they understand the situation and that you (or your relatives) are serious in looking and buying a place, this might change the situation. If they are still not interested it is probably because they are not used to dealing with foreigners and look upon the whole selling to non-Italians as too difficult a process.
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
Hi Milena, just to let you know that I have tried on numerous occasions to get in touch with Chris re doing some work on our flat in Umbria, but I think he was spooked by one of the previous comments and so I never received any reply although I messaged quite a few times. I also think that he has pulled out of the forum. Please let me know if you have any luck getting in contact with him because I am still looking for someone to do some jobs around the place we just bought. Thanks
Dear Milena, thank you so much for your sweet message and your kind offer of information in regards to your beautiful part of Umbria.I also really appreciate the welcome! We can't wait to be part of it all.
Don't give up hope on finding something in Umbria. I just closed on a 59sqm apartment in a picturesque hilltop town in the Province of Perugia, 30 mins from Assisi and Perugia, for Euro9500. It needs cosmetic refurbishment inside but everything else is in ok nick.I spent an awful lot of time researching to eventually find my place, but there are still places out there!
Yes, I totally feel your pain!! It is quite unbelievable and so different to what we are obviously used to. I too could write a blog (in fact I have filled a 150 page notebook with my real estate trials and tribulations so I suppose you could say I wrote a book!) but there is light at the end of the tunnel because with a lot of prompting and persistence I purchased my darling little place and finally became the owner in October - so there is hope for you too!
Hi everybody, so sorry but this is not a question that I am posting but an answer to nrivrazz who posted a question about trying to buy a flat in Rome. Sorry!!!
Yes, I just recently closed on the purchase of a little apartment in the province of Perugia. It was an interesting experience for sure! I'd be interested to share my experiences.