Brexit and Italian property

What changes has brought the Brexit for anyone who wants to buy a home in Italy?

Mainly nothing is changed to the buying process or costs related, but there are limits on how long you might spend there. Unless you have a visa or Italian residency you can spend in Italy a maximum of 90 days within a 180 day period.

If you want to stay in Italy for more than 90 days you will need to apply for a visa before you leave for Italy. This needs to be done through the Italian consulates in the UK, and can typically take three months. Make sure you choose the right type of visa: check the Italian Foreign Ministry’s website.

There’s a long-stay visa (or national visa/D-Visa), but on entry to Italy you also need to obtain an Italian residence permit, which is what authorises you to stay in Italy for longer than 90 days.

Italy offers a variety of visas, each with its own set of fees and conditions.

  • Work Visa: Those who have a job offer from a company in Italy.
  • Student Visa: It’s open to students already enrolled in an Italian educational institution.
  • Family Visa: UK citizens can join a family member that holds an EU citizenship.
  • Self-employed Visa: It’s available to whoever wishes to open a business in Italy.
  • National visa or elective residency visa: For those who want to live in Italy and can financially support themselves without working (retirement visa).
  • Golden Visa (Italian Investor Visa): For those who intend to make a large investment in or donate to Italy.
  • Click here to get the Italian VISA application form.

Healthcare in Italy is good. But you can access state cover in more than one way. For temporary stays, a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) can be used until it expires, after which the new UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) may be used. If you are living and working in Italy, your residence permit will enable you to apply and register for the healthcare system – ‘iscrizione obbligatoria’.

A great estate agent can change your life in 8 moves

A real estate transaction can be an exciting thing to experience, but it can also be nerve-wracking and stressful. Your experience will largely depend on the circumstances surrounding your transaction and, perhaps more importantly, the agent you’re working with.

A great agent will not only get you over the finish line to the best of their ability, but they can also change your life for the better. Here are eight ways:

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Do you dream to live rural and ecological? Then your future is a Masseria

Do you dream of a rural and ecological life? Then your future is a masseria

The dream of a better, easier, and more genuine life,  dedicated to yourself, in proportion to the growth of the discomfort that invades the lives of many people. The good news is that the possibility of change is not so remote because of the vast rural heritage of our country, the new development opportunities implemented by the regions and the desire of entire groups of people to adhere to promoting sustainable and integrated use of the resources of the territory.
What are the rural homes or the farmhouse?
They are commonly called masseries, are ancient rural buildings characterized by big lands where houses have been built (for those who permanently lived in the farm); Storages and stables (where animals were ground and grown). All of these elements have been combined together or part of them (often around an open central courtyard, especially in the south and in the Italian islands).
Systems have changed over the years according to the needs and the development of agriculture and livestock, the potentialities and the needs of the territory.
How they can become an opportunity for change
Community policies under this new government in the last decade of the last century, are geared towards the revival of agriculture by rediscovering the figure of the farmer not only as a food producer but also as a landscape producer.
The farmer has therefore become a decisive actor in achieving environmental quality standards, a producer of recreational services and social value. This innovation in terms of definition has led to many initiatives in the field of rural tourism, agritourism and local foodstuffs . Click here to read full article from Houzz

Here are some of SIS Property and Tourism farms for sale:

masseria farms for sale sannicola pugliahttp://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/do-you-dream-to-live-rural-and-ecological-then-your-future-is-a-masseria/

The Salento Aquarium of Santa Maria al Bagno, Puglia

The Salento Aquarium of Santa Maria al Bagno, Nardò, Puglia. A public Aquarium was realized in the frame of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme, ETCP, Greece-Italy 2007-2013. Such a project (acronym APREH) started in 2011 with the University of Salento as Leader Partner, Province of Lecce and Municipality of Nardò as Italian partners, and University of Patra and Municipality of Kefallinia as Greek partners. The proposal of an Aquarium had the aim to promote the archaeological and natural submarine heritage along the coastline of the Salento Peninsula and of the Kefallinia island. The Italian partnership realized an Aquarium at Santa Maria al Bagno (Nardò, Lecce), restructuring an ancient building with services, a conference room, and 4 exhibition environments equipped with a total of 17 tanks of variable volume (25 – 2,500 litres), hosting a total of 100 species of marine organisms. Four tanks were equipped with reproductions of wrecks: a Junker 88 airplane, an Italian Cargo Ship, an English destroyer of the 2nd World War, and a Roman ship of the 2nd Century b.C. with its cargo of amphorae. The official opening was celebrated on 05 June 2015. The structure is the unique public Aquarium functioning in the Southern Italy apart from Naples; it has been open to visitors only during the 13 week ends of June-August, receiving more than 7,000 visitors mainly coming from Province of Lecce and the rest of Italy. Also due to front end evaluation studies, a plan for the future functioning of the Aquarium is presented, taking into consideration its educative role, and its touristic attractiveness.

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Porsche invests 60M Euros in Nardò Technical Center

In May 2012 Porsche Engineering took over responsibility for the Nardò Technical Center in Apulia, South Italy. The testing center was founded in 1975 and is, today, one of the most important and famous proving grounds in the world.

The characteristic feature of the Nardò Technical Center is its Circular Track, 12.6 kilometers long, 4 kilometers in diameter. Due to the inner inclination of the outermost track, the centrifugal force is compensated and it seems as if you are driving in a straight line, even at high speeds of 240 km/h. Besides the impressive ring track, Nardò Technical Center offers various test tracks and facilities.

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Want to buy property in Puglia? This is the right time!

If you plan to buy a property in Puglia, Italy, it may please you to know that the pound hit a 13-month high against the euro this week, and could well climb higher.
Great news if you plan to buy a property in Italy! Sterling has hit its highest against the euro in 13 months this week, or since January 10th 2013, at 1.2258.

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Italian TV Licence: What it is and who is held to pay

The beginning of a new year in Italy brings a new tax to anyone owning one or more television “RAI TV Licence” to be paid within the January 31th.tv livence in italyThe TV licence is a sort of media tax, an ownership impost, due regardless of actual set use or selected television stations.

There are two different TV Licence types: ordinary subscriptions are due by the owner of a home and special subscriptions by the owners of one or more radio or television sets on premises open to the public and anyhow outside their homes.

Only one fee is due for private user subscriptions and it covers all television sets subscribers have for their own private use, either at their own place or at secondary homes, and those sets held by other family members as specified on official family status records.

Persons living in furnished apartments but not owning the television set they use are also held to pay subscription fees. Persons living abroad but holders of a house in Italy equipped with a television set are also held to pay the TV Licence.

First payment could be set with a C/C 9100 current account form, available at any Italian Post Office or by credit card just calling the free number 800.191.191. New subscriptions can be started at any moment of the year by paying an amount covering the period between the month of subscription and the six-monthly or yearly subscription fee expiry date. After the first payment, the Sportello S.A.T. will send subscriber(s) the registration booklet(s) complete with the subscription number(s) and Post Office Account 3103 forms for subsequent subscription renewals.

Assignment of a television set to other uses, such as pre-recorded tape viewing, home-computer terminal or video-game monitor not exclusive of adaptability to receiving television broadcasts does not therefore exonerate from mandatory subscription fee payment. The payment is also due by holders of a satellite or digital television set subscription, even in the event of using such equipment for receiving cable or foreign origin broadcasts.

For further details please visit http://www.abbonamenti.rai.it/Ordinari/Inglese.aspx#1