Meet Italy Buying Guide reader Dave Garrison, who moved from the UK to Tuscany just five short months ago. Now fully settled in, Dave discusses the emigration process and what advice he would give to others who are looking to do the same. Moving to Italy had been a plan of mine for several years. [...]
David Grier turned a neglected Trullo in Puglia that he bought for €100k into a €1 million property in just 4 years. Since then he has taken on the challenge of combining high quality build standards with traditional designs, resulting in beautifully renovated properties. This is David’s story: Being something of a workaholic, I [...]
Tuscany is known as the ‘Garden of Italy’, embracing the beauty of endless hills and framed by unique coastlines. For many centuries Tuscany was the best kept secret in the Mediterranean Sea, and still today we think it’s the best location to live and enjoy life every day of the year but what really makes [...]
Being in the thick of the Eurozone debt crisis doesn’t seem to have affected Italy’s appeal to British property-buyers, as revealed by recent data from the UK’s leading property portal. Italy was ranked the fourth most searched for country on Rightmove Overseas during June, with 16 out of the 20 Italian regions featured on the [...]
Can you guess how much this characterful property in the southern Italian region of Puglia costs? The truth is, for too many British people it’s impossible to say. Why? Because fluctuating exchange rates mean typical buyers from the UK don’t know until the day they make a currency transfer how many pounds they’ll need to [...]
A hidden and little well-known corner of Sicily, rich in history, popular traditions and beautiful landscapes is waiting for you, offering a pleasant vacation characterized of natural wellbeing and cultural interest. The landscape around Cianciana includes breath-taking views of the Platani River Valley and through excursions both on foot and on horseback, one is immersed [...]
It is an issue that has divided Italy for close to two decades and has resulted in violent protests and a number of arrests. The TAV or Treno Alta Velocita is an extravagant project which will see a 35 mile rail link (four miles longer than the Channel Tunnel) built underneath the Alps, linking Turin [...]
Summer is coming and the temptation to buy a property in the sun becomes stronger than ever and the question, as always, is: where? The offer is huge and the destinations that come up more often in advertising are strangely the ones that are struggling the most when it comes to both sales and rentals. [...]
By Jason Charles – Account Manager for the Italy at Rightmove Overseas If you’re anything like me then thinking of property in Italy automatically fills the mind with images of a beautiful Tuscan farmhouse, surrounded by neatly lined trees and a rolling green landscape. I’m sure this is the case with a lot of people [...]
We all have our own favorite images of Italy... Pasta, pizza, focaccia and olive oil? Stunning scenery, sun, blue sea and sandy beaches? Ancient buildings and the Romans? Beautiful people and the fashion boutiques of Milan? The truth is Italy is all of this and so much more. It is a country of diverse regions, [...]