The ups and downs of homebuilding in Italy

An ant’s step on

March 8, 2007 · 2 Comments

Unbelievably, we still have no idea how much it is going to cost us to build the house and no idea how much the costruttore and the geometra will be charging.

But that still isn’t as unbelievable as the latest news: the costruttore wants to start building our house and has told his brother-in-law this because he currently doesn’t have any houses to build. This brother-in-law just happens to work in the planning department which will be responsible for giving our project the green light.

So, at the beginning of this week, our project was unveiled on the table so that the brother-in-law’s colleague could see the house that the costruttore would be building if our project got the go-ahead.

Basically, I still have no idea what is happening but we might actually be a step, albeit the step that a baby ant might take, further on.

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  • Jason // March 9, 2007 at 9:20 pm | Reply

    Fingers crossed for you! I’ll be visiting Italy in December…who knows, maybe the house and B&B will be complete!

  • Emma Bird // March 21, 2007 at 12:00 pm | Reply

    Ah, even if we start now the house won’t be ready in December! You’re forgetting that in the summer no work can get done because in August it’s just too hot!

    Are you planning on coming to Sardinia in December or just mainland Italy? It would be great to meet up if you were in this part of the world.

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