Moving into your new home in Italy

We look at the whole business of making the move and settling into your new home. How do you arrange removals firms and which ones can you trust? What about the law on taking your car and your pets to Italy? You’ve bought Italian real estate, but you don’t want to lost touch with the English speaking world, so how do you go about setting up satellite TV, getting on the internet - and making sure your electrical equipment works? You’ll find it all here. We’ll cover getting your mail redirected and ensuring your bills are paid back home, and ensuring you are covered for medical emergencies.

You almost certainly want work done on your villa in Tuscany, farm in Lombardy or trullo in Apulia, so we give you a beginner’s guide to the Italian trades and tradespeople — among the best in the world, you’ll be pleased to learn.

We cover the taxes you’ll need to pay while in Italy and ensuring you don’t pay more than you have to. And we look at insurance … motor, health, buildings, contents and life.

How do you set yourself up for water, gas and electricity use? What annual rates will you have to pay? Everything you need to get settled into your new property in Italy.