Hi there
When we purchased our trullo and lamie we did not have to apply for a morgage on it. It would have been difficult, due the italian money lenders/uk money lenders seeing it as a big risk, and if the payments were not kept up, then they would have had a problem selling to recoup the money.
About the morgage, who are you using? If it isn't to personal.
Unfortunately my geometra only speaks italian, with a few basic words of english.
I have always comunicated with him in italian. But if you want some info, i do know of another geometra near to me who i deal with for work, he does speak english. He maybe able to help. If you want his details email me on
miccapup@tiscali.co.uk
gill