wise after the event
John
If only you could position yourself at Pescara Airport and intercept all the newbie prospective buyers you would be saving a lot of heartache and expense! However I think that you may find yourself in a sticky situation too??
Can I just please ask anyone on this forum to pay VERY close attention to this thread if you want to buy a house in Abruzzo and elsewhere?
If you think it's all complete tosh then by all means disregard it We did ! But to be fair we didnt even know about this forum when we viewed and made an offer.
Yes ask to see paperwork for the house WHEN YOU VIEW but this is Italy so if you just ask on the day you will be very lucky to see it..give the agents warning that you will want to see the paperwork for every house the agent's Scout shows you.Look at the plans and see if everything in front of you is actually on the plan!!It isn't always!
Do not get carried away by seemingly low prices! easy to say but as John states it happens.We were lucky to be shown a couple of places owned by a local up for sale and he was asking 25,000 for a nice old stone house in the hills above Pescara.We figured that around that price for a 2 bed restoration job was ok,with a garden and less work..30-50,000.If you can see a couple of places for sale locally try .Often you see a for sale sign posted on the door and a phone number..phone and ask the price!
I don't know really what the answer is for these agents who are possibly skirting the law as it seems to exist? Perhaps writing and asking for clarification?The problem is that if most of the buyers are happy with their house then they are not going to do anything and new people will not be aware.
I'd like to be able to add some of this as a 'reflection' on my web site perhaps with a link for a site where the legal side is explained.As I said before I am unqualified to give legal advice but an opinion of these practices would I am sure be of interest.
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