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Property finding service

Includes:

Time spent before arrival understanding your needs and tastes, suggesting properties and areas and commenting on any properties you may find, aiming.

Liasing with estate agents, drawing up a shortlist of pre-vetted properties to view

Accompanying you to visit properties (see property visits, below). Giving an estimate of restoration costs, taking a builder or engineer to view the property if necessary.

Fee: 3 % of purchase  price (you will not have to pay the 3% plus IVA (22%) normally charged by Italian agencies to the buyer, assuming you buy a property from an agent with whom I have this agreement). Minimum payment of €3500 (properties under 80,000 ) or  4500 above that (equivalent to 3% of 150,000)

Please note that if you contact any agencies directly they will not waive their commission fee in my favour

Payable immediately an offer has been made and accepted.

Property viewings

I will charge my time at €37.50 per hour, plus expenses (travel, accommodation if necessary) which is payable during your visit, but which will be deducted from the property finding fee, should you buy a property

Handholding service, due diligence, assistance with sale and anything following the sale  

Visits to get tax code, opening bank account. Due diligence before you make an offer, help to make an offer, standing proxy at the sale if necessary, introduction to and liason with notaries, lawyers, rental agencies, Italian accountants and anything else you may need.

€37.50 an hour plus expenses (phone calls, travel, cost of land registry searches etc),  

Project management and Consultancy

Obtaining quotes for necessary work, surveys etc.

Introduction to engineers, architects, builders etc

Advising on the work which needs doing, checking/commenting on any quotes you may obtain yourself

Checking out a property you have already found at any stage of the process

€37.50 an hour plus expenses (phone calls, travel, cost of land registry searches etc),  

I am no longer doing much project management, in terms of supervising work – should I agree to do so I charge 15% of costs.

Terms and conditions

1. After an initial phone call, if you would like my help, I require an upfront payment of €150+4% IVA on account. This is to cover the period before your trip finding suitable properties, contacting estate agents for further information, vetting properties and making appointments so that when you come there is a solid shortlist of properties to view. I am happy to suggest properties, but also to comment on any that you might find. This payment represents 4 hours work, which should be sufficient, and will be credited against the property finding fee should you purchase anything. I will keep a detailed time sheet. Obviously fees for anything other than property finding(due diligence etc) are not credited.

• All per hour fees are payable on receipt of an invoice, by bank transfer. All bank charges are at your expense.