Best value includes three stages of buying a house in Italy· All three booklets in one
Section 1: Your Search
Section 2: Making Offers & Buying
Section 3: The Early Days of Ownership

Know what the agents won’t tell you
The process of buying in Italy is well trodden. The feelings that come with it are not talked about nearly enough. These guides are about both: the people, the pressure, and the calm, confident choices you can make when you know what’s coming. Take all three booklets together, or just the stage you’re at right now.

Buying a house in Italy isn’t really about the house. It’s about the life you picture when your shoulders drop and you imagine that first morning there. This guide is for that moment, and for everything that comes after it.

I wrote it because the paperwork is only half the story. The other half is the people you’ll meet, what they want from you, the excitement that makes you rush, and the doubts that creep in late at night. It’s the guide I wish someone had handed me.

Read it and you’ll feel steadier. You’ll know what to ask, who to trust, when to slow down, and how to hold on to your own dream while everyone else is busy selling you theirs.

Work out exactly what you want before anyone sells you anything all for the price of a coffee and cake (Italian prices, of course!).

Underneath the beautiful photos and the romance of Italy, most of us haven’t answered the honest questions yet. These tools are for doing exactly that, quietly, in your own time, before you spend a penny on flights or viewings.

The Italy Blueprint Quiz What do you actually want? Let’s find out, honestly.

Quiet village or lively town? Properly remote or a short walk to a bar? A project to pour yourself into or a house that’s ready on day one? This quiz asks the questions many of us skip, and asks you to answer them truthfully.

At the end you’ll hold your own blueprint: a clear, personal picture of what you want and what you need. Hand it to an agent, or hold it up against every listing you scroll past. It’s the easiest way I know to stop being swept along by pretty photos and start looking at the right things.

Best for: anyone at the very start, anyone who feels a bit lost in the search, or couples that wonder if you are on the same page.

Sold as an add on to the Questions to ask yourself over a coffee blueprint. If you feel you need more inspiration to help fine tune your property search after running a few tests yourself, this is the extra inspiration that will help you define what you need.

If you are feeling overwhelmed and wonder what are the details to tune into to help focus your search and build out your house hunting blueprint, I have created this to help inspire your thoughts and conversations.

22 subjects with multiple topics to review within each. This purchase and move is about more than the house - the lifestyle and how you imagine your life to be while in Italy is just as important.

Use these 22 guides to help you see which region is best for you and what area of that region will give you what you are looking for.

A typical cost for a coffee and cake in most parts of Italy is €2.50. Enjoy this over a coffee and cake and let it naturally form your blueprint and priorities.

Search with intent, not with hope.

Before the viewing trips and the late-night scrolling, there’s a quieter job to do: working out what you’re really looking for. This booklet helps you search with a clear head, ask better questions of agents, and plan trips that save you money rather than wear you out. You’ll finish it feeling like you’re steering the search, not being steered by it.

Best for: dreaming and early planning.

Booklet 1 is part 1 of 3. Booklets 2 and 3 are sold individually or all together as one complete guide.

Keep a cool head when it matters most.

This is where hearts race and decisions get expensive. This booklet introduces the characters you’ll meet (the owner, the agent, the geometra, the notary), what each of them wants, and how to make an offer and negotiate without giving away more than you mean to. You’ll walk into the room calm, prepared, and a step ahead.

Best for: found a house, or about to make an offer.

Booklet 2 is part 2 of 3. Booklets 1 and 3 are sold individually or all together as one complete guide.

The keys are in your hand. Now what?

The day you collect the keys is wonderful and a little bit overwhelming. This booklet is about what comes next: what was promised versus what’s real, who to trust now, when to ask permission before changing things, and why it’s wise to keep your big vision to yourself for a while. It’s the reassurance I would have loved in my own first week.

Best for: new owners.

Booklet 3 is part 3 of 3. Booklets 1 and 2 are sold individually or all together as one complete guide.

I am in your corner.

Sometimes the most useful thing isn’t a guide, it’s a conversation. Book a video call, tell me your plans, and we’ll sanity check where you are together. We’ll go through the questions that keep going round in your head, make sure you’re on track, and work out your next step.

We book an hour, but the calls usually run longer, and I only charge for the call, not the time. You choose a day and time that suits you. No limit on questions or subjects - we cover everything you need.

€85 / £75 / US$100 / CA$140 / AU$140