Who can sell a house in italy

[trullomartinafranca]

Originally Posted by oil di lino

hi has any one out there got any positive views on buying a house in italy i mean this is italy not a out post of the british empire try and enjoy the diferent life style and culture and compleat disorder life somtimes thows at you our do you want fish and chips and perfect english estate agent ha ha .the italians dont do buying and selling houses as we do in england to us its way of making mony thugh moving up the ladder .here when granny dies the house goes on the market cracks and all not like the british coverig up the cracks wiht pollyfiler and paint and puting on a pot of coffee ect .yes point uout the pitfalls but cant we have some sunshine and positive thoughs on thi forum all the negitive vibes are geting me down this is italy try and enjoy it

I would have been enjoying Italy 9 months ago if........oh whats the point, you carry on with your rose tinted specs. And I hate bl***y fish and chips!

Aliena, good link and made me smile too but not enough. :D

Originally Posted by Relaxed

Yeah - love Italy, all positive - if you found the shift key or any sort of punctuation mark you might get a reply from other enthusiasts.

Totally Worthless And Trivial response!!!

[oil di lino]

Originally Posted by Relaxed

Yeah - love Italy, all positive - if you found the shift key or any sort of punctuation mark you might get a reply from other enthusiasts.

how rude can you get i am not posting to get points on my puntuations our spacings i as for shift key i found this remark verry ofensive if you want perfect gramer iam sorry i cant provide it i will do my best to put over my point i foundyourv reply verry negetivvo

[trullomartinafranca]

Originally Posted by Relaxed

My mission in life is not to convince you of anything. I just wished to point out that fartarsing on about whether any particular agent has got the right letters after his name is a): no guarantee (don't I just lurve that word, always in the negative!), and b): however qualified he is, if he doesn't have the property you want to buy, he isn't useful to you.
End of story!! No hidden agenda.

Duh, we know that.

[Lavender Field]

Ariatica

Your advice is logical, but not all correct. The sale of my property was a split between an agent & the company calling themselves mediators, who in fact, proved not to be. I got caught with illegal additions, despite an agent being involved, because the vendors made a false declaration about the age of the property & in my contract the individual parts were actually specified.

A very important reason to use a registered Estate Agent & I can't say this too strongly, is because they have to have indemnity insurance, which of course means; that you are more likely to receive damages if anything goes wrong.

Just as in England, anyone who carries out a task, for which they are paid, has a duty of care & are therefore liable under the law, to pay compensation as a result of damage or negligence. It just makes it a bit more difficult. In my case, the vendor, agent, architect who carried out the survey & the company which actually sold me the property, are all joined in the one action.

Hope this is useful

Karen
Vecchia Casa

[Frank]

Originally Posted by sdoj

Relaxed's English uses too many parochial phrases to be written by an Italian ("I don't in any way condone", "very well then", "and you had better believe it").
But seems too critical to be English (your anglosaxon assumptions..., whingeing Pom...)
maybe an Aussue but spelling too good ... uses the word "moi" and spits out the phrase "English speaking culture" so maybe French-Canadian - pour chance Francois (aka FRANK)?

Not me!!

I've been on spring break. Just getting back up to speed in regards to the forum.

Frank

[Lavender Field]

Where does that leave the official role of Intermediary. My understanding is that they are licenced (inscritto) to sell property in the same way that estate agents are. What I would like to know is; how they achieve that role, meaning do they have to be trained etc? In other words, who can become an Intermediary? Do they have to have indemnity insurance as agencies do?

Once the above is clearly set out, then we can establish how to determine which Intermediaries are licenced in their role & which ones are misleading the public.

Also ask to see their insurance (indemnity) policy. In England companies by law have to display the Health & Safety Regs & the renewal of their insurance policy, but not sure if it's an indemnity policy, think it must be.

Soon, those in Italy selling property aren't going to be rubbing their hands together when they see the British coming. They are going to have to pull it all out: contracts, docs, qualifications, plans, indemnity insurance, certificates.......

Look out, look out the British are coming!!!!


Lavender Field

[Marc]

There is no role of 'Intermediary' in the property business in Italy other than the officially recognised role of Estate Agent. Some companies operating in Italy get round this by operating under the 'umbrella' of an official estate agent but doing most of the footwork for them in terms of finding buyers and explaining the in-and-outs of buying, while leaving the Italian agent to cope with the paperwork and negotiations. Sometimes this works ot the benefit of all concerned.

Where the confusion arises is that the role of 'intermediary' that you mention is intended to mean someone who helps a buyer and seller reach an amicable agreement, not, by any means, someone who helps a buyer and an estate agency reach an amicable agreement!

As has been said before, people should never pay anyone but a registered estate agent for any kind of intermediation service, and if they're paying a registered agent, they have a right to deal directly with the agent and benefit from their training and experience, even if they found the house through a 'middleman'.

[Lavender Field]

Marc

Who is inscritto to be an Intermediary & what does that mean. The Chamber of Commerce made me believe a person with that title can sell property.

Help, your reply is a bit confusing.

Thanks

Lavender Field

[adriatica]

maybe you are getting confused..the term is mediator... the intermediary is not a mediator...

is this the solution to your question