Ideal Home?

Your Italian Home-Finding Journey

If you relocated a year or more ago to Italy, chances are you may feel that you are not in the ideal home . You are not alone.

Why?

10 pounds of flour don’t fit in a 5 pound sack. Relocating to Italy is very complicated and stressful with so many things going on at the same time at the time of your arrival: codice fiscale, new cell phone number/service, permesso di soggiorno, driver’s license, transportation, culture shock in a new location, not to mention starting a new job in a new location.

During the inital relocation there simply isn't much time and energy to dedicate to house hunting. Apart from this, it typically takes about a good six months to get a lay of the land and a sense for a new area.

In a Lease?

What are your home priorities, is your house an ideal fit for you and your family?

Being in the ideal home dramatically affects your quality of life. Is it time to move? How would a new home, town,etc. affect your Italian journey?

There are many variables at play: money, time, future in Italy, lease conditions.

My Ideal Home -- Defining Your Home Priorities

(which are constantly changing)

• Foothills, plains, or in a town?

• Near the workplace?

• Italian, American or international school for children?

• Peace and quiet, privacy with yard?

• Stand alone, apartment, townhome...?

• Energy efficiency rating A4 or G?

• New neighborhood or established neighborhood?

• Neighborhood with or without children?

• Shopping, parks, restaurants nearby?

• Walkable, bikeable, or reliant on a car for daily tasks?

• Pet-friendly property and neighborhood?

• High-speed internet availability (Fiber/DSL/5G)?

• Open-concept or a traditional layout with separate rooms?

• Storage space available (garage, attic, basement, etc.)?

Newcomer Strategy

For newcomers, one strategy is to put off the house hunting until the dust of the relocation has settled by renting a small efficiency apartment, not take your shipment and find the right location and move when you have found the right place.