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The Best Place to Buy a House In Italy... Piedmont

The Best Place to Buy a House In Italy... PiedmontThe Best Place to Buy a House In Italy... Piedmont

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If You Are Looking To Buy A House In Piedmont

Book a  one-hour Zoom Video Conference Call with HouseFinders from anywhere in the world. Or book a one-hour In-Person Meeting with us when you are going to be here in Italy. We will discuss in detail our services, the type of house and location you are looking for, any questions you may have, and how to get started! 


To schedule your one-hour Zoom Video Conference Call:


  • Check out our House Finding Services, House Buying Services , and FAQs pages if you haven't done so already. They are brimming with information.


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  • Click on the Book Now button below to schedule a call. It's as easy as one, two, three...


  • You will receive an email confirmation of the call date and time and you can easily add the call details to your calendar directly from the booking page. Please note the booking time listed in the email is Pacific Time (California) and you will need to adjust for your time zone

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  • The email confirmation will contain a link to the conference call which is on Zoom. Just click on the link at the time of the call (or a few minutes before) and you will be automatically connected.


  • If you do not receive an email confirmation, please check your spam or junk folder


To schedule a one-hour In-Person Meeting when you will be here in Italy:


  • Click on the Book Now button below to schedule an In-Person-Meeting. 


  • We can meet in the towns of Vignale, Moncalvo or Casale -- in the Monferrato Region of Piedmont


  • After you book, we will email you to confirm a convenient time and place to meet while you are here in Italy


  • We will send you the meeting place information and coordinates and our contact number.

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ABOUT US

We (Lisa Dohner and John C, in glasses) are friends who, a few years ago, decided to realize our dream of moving to and buying a house in Italy. During several transatlantic trips, we traversed the country from east to west and north to south to find the area of Italy we wanted to make our home. Classically Italian. Undeveloped historic towns. Quaint small cities nearby. An abundance of natural beauty. A local economy. And eventually, we found our spot -- Monferrato. A highly unspoiled, protected, Unesco World Heritage area in Piemonte, an hour or so drive from some of Italy's best cities and places - Turin,  Milan, the Lakes Region (Como, Orta, Maggiore...), Genoa, Portofino, the Dolomites, the Italian Riviera... 


Once we drove through this undisturbed secret pocket of Monferrato we knew we would look no further.  We found our perfect country house perched on top of a hill with a garden, old-growth trees and meadows, a few fine, friendly neighbors, and a 360 view of a dozen ancient hilltop towns. We are in the country but just five minutes away from several picturesque hilltop villages and twenty minutes away from the vibrant and historic cities of Casale and Asti. 


We bought our country house for under $200,000. It is more than 6,000 sqft of living quarters plus a wine press room, two cantinas (cavernous wine cellars), two barns and eight acres of land. It took us about five years of searching to find our spot and then our house but once the bid was accepted, we shifted into high gear.  We were on a plane with our pets and precious belongings and received the keys to our new home just four months later. 


Lisa worked for many years in Hollywood and on Wall Street and has extensive experience in finance, business affairs and contract management and negotiation. John has a doctorate in Italian Art History. Our shared interests and passions include travel, adventure, Italy, traditional Italian homes, cooking, horticulture, and perhaps above all, living a lifestyle which treads as lightly on mother earth as possible.

Lisa Dohner www.housefindersnorthernitaly.com

Here we are (wearing glasses) out with friends waiting for our favorite pizza place to open.

OUR STORY

The long and winding road ... to Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy!

Ours was a typical story of house hunting from abroad. We spent 3 years taking many transatlantic trips to Italy, traversing the country several times looking for the area that we wanted to live in. Classically Italian. Undeveloped and unadulterated historic towns. Quaint small cities and important large cities nearby. An abundance of natural beauty. A local economy. And eventually, we found our spot -- Monferrato. A highly unspoiled, undeveloped, protected, Unesco World Heritage area in Piedmont in Northern Italy, an hour or so drive from some of Italy's best cities and places - Turin,  Milan, the Lakes Region (Como, Orta, Maggiore...), Genoa, Portofino, Cinque Terre, the Dolomites, the Alps, the Italian and French Rivieras... 


Then the real work began. We made more transatlantic trips (12 in total, costing us more than $30,000 in travel and accommodations). We dealt with dozens of Italian real estate sales agents, many of whom spoke little or no English and some of whom seemed to have a very laid-back approach to selling houses. We looked at more than 100 houses. No matter how great a house seemed online, no matter how specific the criteria we relayed to the real estate agent, the vast majority of the houses we were shown were not to our liking. In the end, we found our house from real estate listings posted on the bulletin board of a town square.


Through this, we discovered a huge need for anyone looking to buy a home in Italy from afar. If only there had been someone on the ground in Italy to represent us who understood and took very seriously our criteria and the kind of house, environs, and locations we were looking for. Someone who could constantly monitor the dozens of national, regional, and local real estate websites, someone who could wade through hundreds of houses that look good online but aren't good in person. Someone who knows and lives among the areas and towns and could do reconnaissance, could weed out the unacceptable, could justify asking prices, could take helpful photos (!), and provide additional helpful information (!) on the properties we were interested in.


And most importantly, an English/Italian-speaking someone who could gather and wrangle and track the listings and information and schedules and logistics from the dozens of Italian real estate agents that we were in constant communication with. If such a person had been here for us, we could have saved tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours of our precious time.


Avoid the frustration and stress, the wasted time and energy, and the wasted money. Hire us as your Personal House Finder. Our fee is about the cost of an airline ticket for two people for just one trip. Next to moving to Italy, it will be the best move you can make!

Houses in Piemonte

Our driveway above. I love it! We bought a 6,000 sqft country house with outbuildings and eight acres for US$189,000!! 


Let us help you find your Italian dream house and save thousands of dollars in the process...

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House Finders Italy on YouTube

Visit our YouTube Channel to watch our super-informative videos: 


  • Buying A House In Italy - Everything You Need To Know
  • How To Move to Italy: A Definitive Guide
  • A Walk-Through of Our House in Piedmont
  • The Italian Geometra


For detailed information and rates on our House Finder Services for the Piedmont region, please visit our Contact Us page.

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