Already for the modest version of the classical country house in the midst of a property with olive trees and cypresses one must spend at least half million euro, the renovation costs enclosed. Apartments with the size of 45 s.qm. - for example in the proximity of Cortona between Siena and Perugia - are already offered for approximately 140,000 euro.

A very much desired coastal region with similar price range is also the Riviera of Liguria with their small fishing villages and the mondaenen yachting ports, in addition the coast between Amalfi and Positano, where the square meter price for an apartment is already up to 3.000 euro.

Also Sardinia enjoys of large popularity. Particularly to the Costa Smeralda noble housing estates developed, the costs of houses start in million height and are concerning the price with those to the Côte d'Azur comparable. For an apartment one must count 3,500 euro upward per square meter. In the south of Sardinia it is lower-priced it, the square meter price for an apartment moves around 2.000 euro. On the way to the trend real estate the farmhouse, the Stazzi ", " is which one find in the island inside still for 1.280 euro per square meter.

Romantic charm, an elevated way of life and a very pleasant climate offer the upper-Italian seas Lago Maggiore, Garda, Como, Lugano and Orta. Besides they are relatively fast attainable with the car from North Europe. According to information of Remax Ascona for example gives it at the Lago Maggiore in beautiful hanglage free-hold flats for 164.000 euro. Mansions at the south side of the Lago Maggiore are only starting from 1.5 million to have simple houses starting from 217.000 euro.

Also in Italian cities real estates are not evenly cheap. The square meter price for a mansion in Venice begins with 4.000 Euro, an apartment in the center of Rome costs between 7.700 and 10.200 euro per square meter. Renovation-needy country houses are to be already had with luck starting from 100.000 euro.   Usually however modern equipment is missing to these objects: A heating system isn´t inside, to water only at a tap and the conductions is shifted with two braids over finery. Usually the roof, likewise like windows and doors, must be overhauled.  

The construction costs are substantially lower in Italy than in England or the States, the restoration of such a country house can quite be worthwhile itself. Most important man with a change is the "Geometra".  He is building master, civil engineer and architect in one person. The Geometra manufactures the contact to the building authorities. Without him nothing goes. He can require services up to 14 percent of the building sum for himself.
Building buyers in Italy should also know: New parts are approved by the Italian authorities only if the floor space does not increase by more than 15 %.

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