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Technical notes

Short, technical notes on Italian property: permits and irregularities, energy performance, surveys, purchase taxes and renovation. Written for owners and buyers who are not in Italy, plain English, no sales pitch.

Technical Due Diligence in Italy: What Foreign Buyers Miss

Sep 2026Read more

A Regularised (Condoned) Property Is Not Second-Rate: Green Light for Renovation

Apr 2026Read more

New Law 10 Report and EPC: What Changes with the 2025 Minimum Requirements Decree, an Online Course

Apr 2026Read more

Demolition Order: No Conflict of Interest Where the Act Is Bound

Apr 2026Read more

Building Tolerances: No Offence and No Fiscalisation

Apr 2026Read more

Annulment of a SCIA: Balancing the Public and Private Interest Is Required

Apr 2026Read more

Cultural Heritage Code: What Changes with Law 40/2026

Apr 2026Read more

Renewable Energy Communities and Self-Consumption: New GSE Operating Rules Published

Apr 2026Read more

Unauthorised Building Works: Size Does Not Matter, Demolition Even for Small Extensions

Apr 2026Read more

Conto Termico 3.0: After the Stop, the Portaltermico Reopens on 13 April

Mar 2026Read more

An Unauthorised Building Work Is Forever: No Amnesty with Time or Subsequent Acts

Mar 2026Read more

Condominium Reform on Its Way: More Obligations and Responsibilities for the Building Manager

Mar 2026Read more

Criminal Liability of Technicians: The Unresolved Knot of the TUE Reform

Mar 2026Read more

Restoration of Traditional Building Types: A Practical Course on Diagnosis, Design and Interventions (with CPD Credits)

Mar 2026Read more

Building Permit: When Tacit Consent Is Valid (and When It Is Not)

Mar 2026Read more

Ecology of Building: Green Building Has Its Trade-offs Too

Mar 2026Read more


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