THE EXPAT FIELD NOTES

We waited six months to close on our Tuscan farmhouse. Three weeks after we moved in, we walked away.

Here's the checklist I wish someone had handed us. Every red flag to catch before you buy property in Italy, so you never sign your way into the mistake we almost made.

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What's in the checklist

Four parts. Every check we missed, and the ones that would have saved us.

✓ The ten red flags, each with the exact phrase you'll hear when it's happening to you

✓ Twelve questions for your independent geometra, including the one that would have saved our house

✓ The full list of documents to demand before you make an offer (bring it to viewings)

✓ Five Italian phrases that should make you slow down immediately

✓ The boring house checks that matter more than the view

Who's behind it

I'm Nattiel. After the hardest years of our lives, my husband and I sold our businesses to buy the freedom to move our two girls to Italy. We're not lawyers; these are hard-won field notes from the deal that fell apart, so yours doesn't have to.

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