Product Description

Designed to guide the reader through the property jungle and make buying a home a pleasant and enjoyable experience, this book is packed with vital information to help avoid the sort of disasters that can turn a dream home into a nightmare.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #585933 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 364 pages

Book Information
Buying a Home in Italy is essential reading for anyone planning to purchase property in Italy and is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information available. Whether you're seeking a palazzio, farmhouse, townhouse or an apartment, a holiday or permanent home, this book will help make your dreams come true. Packed with over 200 pages of valuable information, it's designed to help you avoid costly mistakes and save time and money. If you're planning to buy a home in Italy, or even just thinking about it, this is the book for you!

Buying a Home in Italy is designed to guide you through the property maze and make buying a home a pleasant and enjoyable experience. Most importantly, it contains vital information to help you avoid the sort of disasters that can turn your dream home into a nightmare

Vital topics covered include:

• Research and avoiding problems
• Choosing the region
• Finding the right home and location
• Real estate agents
• Finance, mortgages and taxes
• Home security
• Utilities, heating & air-conditioning
• Moving house and settling in
• Renting and letting
• Permits and visas
• Retirement, working and businesses
• Travelling and communications
• Health and insurance
• Renting a car and driving
• And much, much more

Customer Reviews

Consise and useful guide.
Some information contained in this book is very similar to that found in its companion guide Living & Working in Italy by Nick Daws. That said, it provides sound practical advice and sources of further information that's likely to prove very useful to anyone considering the implications and logistical process of purchasing a property in Italy.

Contains a wealth of information - some of it accurate.
If you are a middle-aged British eurosceptic who for some reason wants to buy a property in Italy, and have all your prejudices against the place confirmed at the same time, this is the book for you.

In passing it does manage to contain useful information and if the author permitted it to be professional edited, got someone to check his facts, the errors vary between generalisations and total inaccuracies, it could be quite a good book.