Guide to Buying Property in Italy

A comprehensive Property Purchase Service

Doorways to Italy offer a comprehensive service in your search to buy an Italian property. Our network includes a vast array of properties and agent contacts throughout Italy and our enthusiastic team of experienced local professionals can advise you in every aspect of the buying and investment process to ensure your peace of mind.

To validly conclude a contract of purchase in Italy, all parties must either speak italian, have a translator or a “Power of Attorney” who acts on your behalf who can understand Italian. These services can be provided as well as the most appropriate taxation and investment vehicle suitable for you.

The search

Our database is vast, ranging from apartments in town centres or villages, prestigious houses, villas, farms and wineries, castles and luxury real estate investments.

Prices vary considerably from region to region and even between different neighbourhoods of the same city so it is important to use an agent who is licensed with the local Chamber of commerce register, giving you access to average market price information and valuations that can come in handy.

Our real estate team acts as your mediator in this process, whichever region of Italy you are searching in, and will personally assist you throughout the evaluation and selection of your dream property, including finding the most suitable according to your specific requirements i.e. size, type, price, location, technical and due diligence searches and reports.

Making an offer

The buying entity may be an individual or a company, and in the latter case, we can assist in the process of establishment and registration.

You are assisted throughout the negotiations to reach an agreed price, and if required, we can organise Proxy’s to represent you through this phase. We can arrange qualified technician reports to examine the state of the property, its building compliance and urban planning adhesion and can carry out searches to verify titles of origin and the presence of any mortgages, liens or easements.

At this point, your will to purchase can be expressed in two ways:

Letter of Interest

A pre-contractual document, not binding on the parties but useful to precisely clarify the negotiations of sale. Acceptance leads to drafting the preliminary contract which is an irrevocable offer of purchase.

This offer may not be withdrawn for a predetermined time, usually 15 days, and acceptance by the seller determines the sale and leads to the drafting of the preliminary contract.

The preliminary contract (compromesso)

The preliminary contract may be prepared by us or alternatively with one of the Notaries with whom we have close working relationships. At this point, if you haven’t given a proxy to an Italian speaker and do not speak the language, the services of a translator will be required which can be arranged for you.

Payment of the deposit is required at this point as detailed in the compromesso. In the event you rescind your offer it is this amount which is lost, however, if it is the seller who rescinds acceptance, the amount of the deposit is returned to you in double.

Settlement

The final contract is performed with all parties involved in the office of your chosen Notary. The contract is carefully read through to ensure all parties are in agreement and that the seller has provided to the buyer all the relevant building, plumbing and electrical compliance certificates. Balance of purchase monies, notary fees, and real estate agent commission are all paid at this point.

At conclusion you receive the keys to your new home and the Notary sends the original contract copies to you once they have been registered with the Local Council.

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A comprehensive Property Purchase Service

The search

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Making an offer

At this point, your will to purchase can be expressed in two ways:

Letter of Interest

The preliminary contract (compromesso)

Settlement

The process

Advice

Connection

The Team