you can click on Australia and see the conditions for reciprocity. It seems that Australia is getting more technical in allowing foreigners to buy, and therefore the same will apply here for Australians. I thought the rules were for foreign companies and investors, but it seems that they are now being applied to individuals too. If you check what Australia allows foreigners to buy, then that is what you are allowed to buy in Italy.
You may have asbestos tiles, or you may have 'portoghese' tiles which are not Sicilian coppe and if its in the centro storico they may want you to change them. If that is the case, you should have been told before the sale, as there could be an obligation to change them when you do work on the property.
Project managers are not yet a recognised profession in Italy, so you wont find anyone certified - though they are due to receive a code in the future. What you will find, as Alan says is a geometra (or ingegnere) who will act as project coordinator and help you find a builders, plumbers etc for your job, as well as do the relevant paperwork, health and safety and director of works.
There is no compulsory earthquake insurance in Italy and indeed some areas are not insurable. There are Italian companies which offer earthquake cover - generali ,allianza, genertel are just three, but its an optional extra to contents and buildings. Also the problem for foreigners is that the policy can require the house to be visited at least every 60 days, sometimes more often, which isnt always possible, in which case you may be forced onto the more expensive holiday home insurance providers such as Intasure.
You will need the cremation certificate or a letter from the crematorium, the death certificate and a customs declaration slip. The urn must be sealed - which it will be when the crematorium gives it to you. You will have the paperwork from Italy allowing the export of ashes. When I had to do it for a client, I also needed a nulla osta from the mayor, but the funeral directors will be able to help on that, Im sure. To be on the safe side I would stop and declare it.
Its not just a question of registering. You would need to open a partita IVA, (obviously be resident and tax payer in Italy) and have no other job. You have to get the majority of your income from your land, and this has to be demonstrable. You have to work the land for a minimum of about 100 days per year. You let other people use your land, so you are not the coltivatore diretto here - and you should have a contract for the rent of your land (even at a peppercorn rent) to not lose your rights.
The right of prelazione is for those who are registered as a coltivatore diretto o azienda agricola, or have been renting the land with a standard contract. If you are none of these and just a neighbour, then you have no right to first refusal on the land.
Ugo is right: the government has passed a new law - a week ago - which changes everything for Italians who live abroad and want to buy a house. From now on merely being Italian and registered in the AIRE does not give you the right to buy a prima casa with the tax break. To get that incentive you must have lived/worked for at least 5 years in Italy in the past, unless you are planning to move and take residence in the comune within 18 months of purchase.
If you buy, you will buy as an italian and take advantage of the prima casa agevolazione, but you will be inscribed in the AIRE and therefore pay IMU.
If your parents buy they could be eligible for reduced IMU depending where their pension comes from - do they have Italian contributions or is it all from Canada? They could also buy as prima casa assuming they have no other home in Italy. They would also have to be in the AIRE.
Its tempting to save a few euros putting it in your parents name, but being practical, at some point it will have be transferred into yours with two successions to do, and all the costs they involve, so its a judgement only you can make.
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you can click on Australia and see the conditions for reciprocity. It seems that Australia is getting more technical in allowing foreigners to buy, and therefore the same will apply here for Australians. I thought the rules were for foreign companies and investors, but it seems that they are now being applied to individuals too. If you check what Australia allows foreigners to buy, then that is what you are allowed to buy in Italy.
You may have asbestos tiles, or you may have 'portoghese' tiles which are not Sicilian coppe and if its in the centro storico they may want you to change them. If that is the case, you should have been told before the sale, as there could be an obligation to change them when you do work on the property.
Project managers are not yet a recognised profession in Italy, so you wont find anyone certified - though they are due to receive a code in the future. What you will find, as Alan says is a geometra (or ingegnere) who will act as project coordinator and help you find a builders, plumbers etc for your job, as well as do the relevant paperwork, health and safety and director of works.
There is no compulsory earthquake insurance in Italy and indeed some areas are not insurable. There are Italian companies which offer earthquake cover - generali ,allianza, genertel are just three, but its an optional extra to contents and buildings. Also the problem for foreigners is that the policy can require the house to be visited at least every 60 days, sometimes more often, which isnt always possible, in which case you may be forced onto the more expensive holiday home insurance providers such as Intasure.
You will need the cremation certificate or a letter from the crematorium, the death certificate and a customs declaration slip. The urn must be sealed - which it will be when the crematorium gives it to you. You will have the paperwork from Italy allowing the export of ashes. When I had to do it for a client, I also needed a nulla osta from the mayor, but the funeral directors will be able to help on that, Im sure. To be on the safe side I would stop and declare it.
Its not just a question of registering. You would need to open a partita IVA, (obviously be resident and tax payer in Italy) and have no other job. You have to get the majority of your income from your land, and this has to be demonstrable. You have to work the land for a minimum of about 100 days per year. You let other people use your land, so you are not the coltivatore diretto here - and you should have a contract for the rent of your land (even at a peppercorn rent) to not lose your rights.
The right of prelazione is for those who are registered as a coltivatore diretto o azienda agricola, or have been renting the land with a standard contract. If you are none of these and just a neighbour, then you have no right to first refusal on the land.
Ugo is right: the government has passed a new law - a week ago - which changes everything for Italians who live abroad and want to buy a house. From now on merely being Italian and registered in the AIRE does not give you the right to buy a prima casa with the tax break. To get that incentive you must have lived/worked for at least 5 years in Italy in the past, unless you are planning to move and take residence in the comune within 18 months of purchase.
Which is exactly what I said, the 'immigration' to the AIRE of the comune where you buy being a given.
If you buy, you will buy as an italian and take advantage of the prima casa agevolazione, but you will be inscribed in the AIRE and therefore pay IMU.
If your parents buy they could be eligible for reduced IMU depending where their pension comes from - do they have Italian contributions or is it all from Canada? They could also buy as prima casa assuming they have no other home in Italy. They would also have to be in the AIRE.
Its tempting to save a few euros putting it in your parents name, but being practical, at some point it will have be transferred into yours with two successions to do, and all the costs they involve, so its a judgement only you can make.