THE RIP-OFF OR THE TIP-OFF

Investing your hard earned cash in an overseas property can be a frightening prospect.

Are you familiar with Italian law? With Italian customs? With Italian banks? With Italian bureaucracy? With the Italian language…?

Not many people undertake a property purchase in their own country without legal advice. Would you rely at home on the advice given to you by the vendor? Why be more trusting in a foreign country where there is so much more than the law to contend with?

At KeyItaly we not only want you to find the right property but we want to be sure that the purchase goes smoothly, that you obtain a good title to the property, that you are not sold a property with hidden defects of either a structural or a legal nature, that you are given good advice on all matters relating to property ownership - everything from paying the electricity bill to a full rebuild.

Many properties for sale at attractively low prices are, in fact, in need of complete restoration. Before you allow yourself to be seduced by the low price, you need to know whether the final bill after restoration will be within your budget. If not, you could end up with a half rebuilt pile of masonry which no-one else wants to buy. As our consultancy service is impartial, we may advise against buying a property, even if you are desperately in love with it.

KeyItaly offers you, through our resident consultant, the services of experts to whom you can turn for professional advice to help you make the right decision about which property to buy, to guide you through the legal procedures of buying, to conduct all the necessary searches and checks prior to commitment, to help you to arrange a mortgage if necessary, to explain what is going on at each stage of the process… I could go on for ever, but many other pages on our website describe these matters more fully.

Who is our resident consultant?

He founded his own international real estate agency here in Italy in 1987 to cater to the international buyer who wants, principally, a holiday home in Italy. Very aware that foreign buyers need the reassurance that they will continue to be looked after properly once the final contract of purchase has been signed, his company always offered a full after sales service of property management; the vast majority of his clients used this service, often for the entire time that they owned the property.

Having now sold his business (which continues to thrive) he specialises in all aspects of consultancy for your benefit. KeyItaly will find your property – he will then ensure that you can buy it with confidence.

If you want to know more about this service, click here and send your request for information. Please include your name, address, telephone number(s) and a brief outline of what you want to know. Our consultant will telephone or email you to discuss your situation, tell you what he can do for you and what it will cost. There will, of course, be no financial obligation on your part until a consultancy contract has been agreed by both sides.