Over budget
Can be a challenge and you need to know what you are looking
for. However you not always know what you look for before the house is there in
front of you or after a few days or weeks you admit that one special property
cover most of your wishes you did not all know when you started your viewing.
Nice view
My wife and I have looked for a place to retire. For how
long? I guess it started already with our first visit to Lucca 5,5 years ago.
The search got more serious the last two years and since last summer we have
viewed 40-50 properties in total. The reason to have viewed all these has been
to verify and get the inspiration to what we want and tie down the location.
Maybe a roof terrace
We will get older. Just have to understand how we need the
property to be when this happens. So location ended up as very important,
including layout of the house and the whole property. End of the day we have
found what we was looking for so hopefully by the end of the year we have
signed a contract and received the keys for our new home for the future.
150m2 covered outdoor space…nice
The Tuscan feeling is up in the mountain with a great view
and your own wine stock, olive and fruit growing along with your kitchen
garden. But are you a city person like us and want to participate in the larger
community and embrace the culture a city have it will be a tradeoff. For us we
chose the “city” life, our friends in Lucca, to see them more often, visit
their restaurants, arrange “parties” with our friends in our garden. Not to
forget all the visitors from our native country, family and friends. A place
they can learn about an interesting country and enjoy the short distances to
the coast as to the hills. Summer as winter the city have a track record of
cultural events that we will dig into. That is our chosen track for the future.
Your own wine ???
For it will be a home we purchase, other will have a holiday
home and wish list can be different. In Italy the charges also are different
when you purchase a home or a holyday home. If it is your home charges will be
3% of purchased price compared to 10% on holiday home. Than we also have all
the other charges that the real estate company add on or other taxes from the
local authorities. Our expectations are 10% total on purchased price so if it
was a holiday home it would be 17%.
Closer to the city, with pool and house for visitors?
To us this has been a journey and we see the shore not too
far away. We appreciate the effort the guys at the different real estate
companies in Lucca in assisting us, for one the work is not yet over. For us it
is not over either, will keep you updated as we either move in or need to do
changes to our life situation in close the contract and sign.
