Adriana Giglioli

Cut-price Seaside Apartments In Italy

This is not exactly the most famous beach location in Calabria, the south Italian area on the instep of the country’s boot-shaped landmass. Being blunt it would probably not be considered the most beautiful, not with Diamante and Paola around. But for... Read >

Finding The Cheapest Italian Holiday Homes

Property buyers' spending power may have been restricted in the wake of the stormy economic times, but the draw of owning a vacation villa in a country such as Italy is still as strong as ever. It explains why rising numbers of overseas buyers in the p... Read >

Find The Perfect Holiday Home In The Italian Riviera

In the late 19th and early 20th century Sanremo was a Mecca for aristocrats from across Europe as well as the likes of Russian composer Tchaikovsky, who penned his Fourth Symphony here in 1878 and the chemist Alfred Nobel, who died in Sanremo in 1896. ... Read >

Property on the Italian Riviera need not cost the earth

In the late 19th and early 20th century Sanremo drew European aristos and the likes of the composer Tchaikovsky, who wrote his Fourth Symphony here in the late 1870s and the chemist Alfred Nobel, who breathed his last here in 1896. A couple of generati... Read >

Finding affordable homes to restore in Italy

Real estate investors' finance may have been hit following the housing market meltdown, however the appeal of owning a holiday home in a country such as Italy is still undimmed. It explains why rising numbers of overseas purchasers in Italy's property ... Read >

Finding A Vacation Home In Sicily Without Breaking The Bank

For generations it has been identified with the sinister Mafia. Yet Sicily is now gradually opening its doors to overseas real estate purchasers in the way Tuscany did in the 1950s and 60s. A major change has been the greater availability of homes on t... Read >

Finding Affordable Property For Sale In Sicily

For over 100 years it has been infamous for the Mafia. However, Sicily is now gradually opening its doors to overseas property purchasers in the way Tuscany did more than half a century ago. One major change has been the greater number of properties on... Read >

Find A Home In Clooney's Italian Neighbourhood Without Breaking The Bank

First he fended off a queue of millionaire would-be buyers ready to offer more than US$25million for his luxury villa, now he's shrugged off the find of a 225kg haul of wartime explosives in the water just 45ft away. film star George Clooney is obviously ... Read >

Why Foreign Property Hunters Are Beating A Path To Sicily

For over 100 years it has been unfairly known for the Mafia. Yet Sicily in Italy is now gradually opening up to overseas real estate investors in the way the ever-popular Tuscany did in the 1950s and 60s. One huge change has been the greater number of ... Read >

Grab Real Estate In Clooney's Neighbourhood On The Cheap

The media storm abated, it turns out film star George Clooney decided against selling his US$10million mansion overlooking Italy's Lake Como, even though there were interested purchasers with the reported US$26million price tag. And that's perfectly u... Read >

Buy A Home Near George Clooney At A Bargain

First he saw off a number of rich prospective purchasers prepared to offer more than US$25million for his mansion. Now he's shrugged off the find of a 500lb haul of war-era munitions some 15 metres away. George Clooney is obviously so enamoured of his $10... Read >

A Simpleton's GuideTo Purchasing Italian Real Estate

Italian tax changes have reduced house purchasing costs by 10-15%. Combined with the country's ceaseless attraction it means there has rarely been a more opportune time to invest in Italian property. Yet as with any real estate transaction, there are simp... Read >

Where To Find An Affordable Lakeside Home In Italy

Lake Como, where Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney has a US$15millon palatial home in Laglio, is the Italian lake everybody has heard of. Given the number of multi-millionaire buyers who flock to Como it is little surprise that purchasing villas there ... Read >

Finding Affordable Vacation Homes In The Italian Lakes

The more widely-known Lakes Como, Maggiore, Garda and Orta draw the world's rich and famous. However, growing numbers of people buying property in Italy's Lakes are disregarding the hordes of tourists and instead choosing the undisturbed banks of nearby L... Read >

A Simpleton''s Guide To Buying A Home in Italy

A recent tax overhaul in Italy has slashed homebuyers' costs by up to 15%. Combined with the country's ceaseless attraction it means there has rarely been a more opportune time to invest in the property in Italy market. Yet as with any property purchase, ... Read >