Our Experience buying a house and learning a new life in Umbria, Italy
Casale Gelsomino, now renamed Casale Giulietta, has great structural bones but needs some updates, a few more critical than others.
This site is designed to share our experience across the home buying process, including taking ownership, renovations, and making friends.
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First Full Day in our New Italian Home
April 6, 2022 What an amazing feeling, waking up for the first time in my new Italian home. The sun was shining in my bedroom windows and I was well rested from a great…
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I’m getting good at transacting business across the continents!
The Months Leading up to April 5, 2022 Arrival In February 2022, back in Seattle, I finalized selection of the new kitchen and two new bathrooms and put down my deposits. I also hired…
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April 3, 2022
The day my true Italian adventure began! On April 3rd I was booked on a British Air flight, departing Seattle at 7:15pm, arriving in LHR @ 2pm on 4/4. Jess was wonderful and drove…
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IKEA…OYE!!!
January 2022 Given the length of the Rogito, and the fact that Desiree insisted we visit the final design studio following the signing, we were not able to toast and celebrate taking ownership of…
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The Rogito & More
January 2022 On January 15, 2022, Jess, Andrew and I flew to Italy to take possession of the house, visit design studios to select the new kitchen and bathrooms, and buy & build furniture…
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Don’t forget to put the hose in the sink!
January 2022 On the Wednesday following the Rogito and our Saturday adventure with Ikea, Emma & Volario were coming to deliver some beautiful antique furniture. I found Emma one cold December morning while lying…
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Ferragosto 2021
Ferragosto in Italy begins August 15th and all of Italy shuts down until the 2nd week in September. D&G connected us with their law firm who conducted a legal search to ensure there were…
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All of the Work Prior to an Offer
Summer 2021 We knew up front this wouldn’t be fast, but given we found our house at the end of June, it meant trying to get stuff done throughout the summer which wasn’t going…
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My Special & Unexpected Covid Project
May 2020 After writing many of my initial blog posts of the early days of buying a house in Italy, I realized that I hadn’t explained how I got to this point in the…
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