We are House Finders. We find houses for sale in Piedmont Italy.

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The good news!  Houses are insanely inexpensive in this beautiful, undiscovered, undeveloped region of Piedmont in Northern Italy. We purchased our 6,000 sqft farmhouse with two cantinas (underground wine cellars - ours are cavernous), barns, and eight acres of land for under $190,000. For the median home price in a city like Denver, you could buy here a house beyond your wildest dreams. We know where they are!!!  

We are English/Italian speaking Americans who moved to Piedmont several years ago. We live in the stunningly beautiful region of Monferrato, an undeveloped, undiscovered Unesco World Heritage paradise (meaning the area is off-limits to industrial and commercial development). 

We have more than five years of experience representing American clients who are looking to buy in this amazing region. We specialize in a very specific type of house -- traditional and typically Italian, pre-1920's, of stone and/or wood structure, a farmhouse, villa, country house, or palazzo with original elements either preserved or able to be restored. If this is the type of Italian home you are looking for, read on.

Having someone who can be your representative, here on the ground in Italy, can save you thousands of dollars in hard costs as well as hundreds of hours of your precious time (=money). Let us be that representative for you -- there are no Buyer's Agents here in Italy. With our House Finders Service, we are your Personal Real Estate Concierge.

We are not real estate agents -- we are our clients' personal, local representative.  We have relationships with the agents in the Piemonte region, we know the cities, we know the towns, we can recommend the best areas to live in. We keep very close track of properties that are for sale through agents and also privately. We are here to make it much easier for our clients to find a house to buy in Italy, to cut through the clutter, to eliminate 100% of the wasted time, money, and energy.

Our House Finder Services  include: 

• A meticulously curated criteria list of the types of properties, attributes, locales, neighborhoods, and environments you are looking for. We will work closely with you to create and manage this "criteria list" as your needs, desires, wishes, and nice-to-haves change throughout the process.

• A meticulously compiled and continuously managed "Personal Properties List". This is your exclusive list of available properties based on your "criteria list" as above. We scour the real estate market and the online listings (often in Italian only), the posted and not yet posted listings of local agents, as well as the "for sale by owner" properties that are never listed with agents or online. Our goal is that no trip here will be wasted, no time or money will be poorly spent. We comb the listings, we know the agents, we know the market. 

• Regular correspondence with you covering all details and developments in the process. 

• Regular correspondence with the local and regional real estate agents including specific property inquiries, additional photo requests, translation, facilitation of document requests, and exchange.

• Plan, arrange, and coordinate, in conjunction with sales agents, Property Viewing Days of your properties of interest where you will view houses with agents.

• Should you decide to buy, we help you through the buying process. We have been through this process dozens of times and know the specific requirements, time frames, and possible hurdles for foreign buyers in Italy. This process includes.

1. All communications with and requirements of the Sales Agent and Notaio
2. Bidding
3. The sale contract
4. Documentation requests, translation, submission
5. Finding a notaio
6. Deed Signing  

• Recommendations on local resources and personnel -- communes,  notaios (responsible for the title search and clearance but who also possess the authority of a legal representative), architects, geometras (project contractors), plumbers, electricians, muratores ("stoneworker" but really a person who does anything related to stone, plaster, walls, and much more).

• An introductory tour map of the highlights and different features of the Piedmont Region. The single most important factor in finding your dream house in Italy is finding the right location, the right neighborhood, the right environment.  When you come here we will point you to the best locales where you can experience the people and the place to tell if a house or neighborhood or the countryside, village or city is right for you! 

• The 45-page detailed ebook of the steps for moving to and living in Italy including long-term visas, immigration requirements, the shipment of possessions, pets, resident cards, identification cards, the Permesso di Soggiorno (permission to stay in Italy granted by the Italian government), citizenship (if desired) and more.

• Our personal time and energy commitment to you to help you find your Italian dream home!

We also offer the following one-off services, available to clients as well as to non-clients of our services above:

• HFNI's on-the-ground, detailed reconnaissance of Properties Of Interest. This includes descriptions, photos, and videos of the house interior and exterior, grounds, buildings, setting, neighbors, neighborhood, local businesses, geographical location. 

• Power of Attorney Services for representation and document signing and deed signing. We are here in Italy when you can't be.

• Home Owners Insurance Quotes and Policies.

The cost of our invaluable House Finders Service (see our rate sheet) is less than the cost of one trip to Italy. And we can save you many trips! When we looked for then bought our house, we made twelve trips to Italy and spent more than $30,000 in airfare, travel, and accommodations.

>>> Read More about the Italian real estate market and the process of Buying A House in Italy

We provide Power of Attorney signature services for those times when  you can't or don't want to physically be here in Italy to sign documents related to the  buying, selling, or management of a house, including:

• The Proposta - a document outlining the offer terms from both parties on the sale of a house  
• The Compromesso - a legal binding agreement listing the terms on the sale of a house
• Deeds of Sale
• Contractor Service Agreements
• Cost Estimates
• Budgets

We can guide you through the myriad crucial steps you need to take to make sure your POA authorization is accepted by the Italian government.