Buying A HOUSE IN ITALY

Houses are insanely inexpensive in this beautiful region of Piedmont in Northern Italy. We purchased our 6,000 sqft farmhouse with additional barns, two cantinas (underground wine cellars - ours are cavernous), and eight acres of land for €170,000 (about US$189k at the time).  For the median home price in a city like Nashville, you could buy here a house beyond your wildest dreams. There are even turn-key properties for sale in Italy under $100,000. We know where they are!!!

Whether you are looking to buy a move-in-ready property or a renovation project, we find traditional and historic Italian properties of all prices and conditions. We specifically track pre-1920 homes, built in the classic historic Italian and Piemontese style. The different types and styles are signified by:

• Farmhouses and Cascinas (farmhouses with wine making and wine production areas rather than livestock), many with outbuildings, courtyards, gardens, and some with land
• Country houses - country escapes, more formal than a farmhouse, no agricultural or wine making areas
• Villas with semi-formal or formal exteriors and interiors, gardens and approaches
• Palazzi (palaces) with highly formal interiors, frescoes, domed ceilings, rows of windows
• Stone construction, stone and or traditional plaster facing
• Brick construction
• High ceilings, vaulted ceilings
• Arched entryways and transitions
• Old-wood doors, windows, moldings, and trim
• Plaster moldings
• Stone, brick, wood, terra cotta floors
• Quintessentially Italian

Location, Location, Location! Before you buy, before you start looking, research and choose a location that suits you, your lifestyle and your needs.  We can't stress this enough -- the importance of choosing the right area, the right location, the right town, the right place for you to enjoy your life in Italy. We can help you in this decision.