Frequently asked questions: buying a home
What to check, ask and verify before making an offer on a house in Italy.
Could the field in front of the house become a building site?
Nobody can say for certain, because it depends on the municipal planning scheme, and the binding answer is the planning certificate. The report does give two concrete clues: how much land was covered around here in the last year, and by what kind of work (building sites, buildings, roads, ground-mounted solar farms), and how fast built-up land is growing in the municipality. Where nothing was covered over the last twelve months, the report says so: that is information too.
Check an address
Enter the address: the report summarises risks, local prices, population, services and transport, with the source for every figure.
For example: Via Dante 7, Milan.