Comments on: Top 10 Tips for Buying a House in Abruzzo

By: Thelma Court

Thelma Court — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:51:39 +0000

We are looking in the Chieti region although not with this agent, what happened?

By: Mary Pritchard.

Mary Pritchard. — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:09:07 +0000

Abruzzo is the most beautiful place I have ever visited, I dreamed of living there but now my dream is shattered.

Apart from checking out properties, most importantly check out your agent. Do not part with any cash / put cash in to a so called holding account until you are 110% sure or your'e dream too could be shattered .
I Name and Shame Better Property Italy.

By: Sammy Dunham

Sammy Dunham — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:10:33 +0000

What a good idea! We'll try and put something together

By: Gianpiero De Filippo

Gianpiero De Filippo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:16:59 +0000

Allright, I see your point, but I still disagree on the message you are sending out, which is wrong.

My point is that an agent can satisfy all the points you have highlighted without being part of FIAIP.

Also, being part of any organization (undersigning its code of conduct) does not mean that agents will gain the status of sanctity forever. There are so many many doctors or priests who break their oath and do wrong things to people, but they still continue their work.

Finally, if an estate agent does not respect the FIAIP rules, is kicked out from the club but can carry on working; but if an agent breaks the rules as defined by the Chamber of Commerce and the Estate Agents Professional Body (Ruolo degli Agenti di Affari in Mediazione), he loses the licence! This alone makes all the difference!

My advice to foreigners buying in Italy is to find an estate agent in Italy who speaks english or other foreign languages required, as the only way to protect themselves from any unpleasant surprises is to understand what the agent is doing.

Good communication with a licenced agent is the best way to do safe business abroad, not looking at a FIAIP membership card!

Gianpiero De Filippo
HouseAbruzzo Estate Agency
Spoltore
Pescara
Italy

By: admin

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:29:15 +0000

Hi Gianpiero

Thanks for the lovely compliment on our page. We have not said that it is a legal requirement but that in affect it is the best solution. The reasons for this come straight off the FIAIP website which is in English too –
that operate in full autonomy, stimulating mutual exchange between colleagues, in the total respect of the ethical code.

Real estate
advisers who operate in a continuous dynamic and modern market in constant growth that keep themselves up-to-date in order to give the customer the best of the services.

Professional
In image, communication and behaviour."

Foreigners who are buying a house in Italy should have estate agents that are all of those things in order to protect their naivety of a system that is more often than not so very different to what they are used to.

By: Gianpiero De Filippo

Gianpiero De Filippo — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:31:12 +0000

Very useful page, nice tips, all correctly put, except that being a member of FIAIP is NOT an obligatory feature an agent must have, as FIAIP is not a legal requirement nor a professional add-on for an estate agent in Italy.

Gianpiero De Filippo
HouseAbruzzo Estate Agency
Spoltore
Pescara
Italy