Here is a special selection of useful DIY creative design ideas for your bedroom. If your bedroom looks old and without interesting elements, it’s time for renovation, then this post is perfect for you! First, well consider your room and think about what is the most important thing in it. Old wooden doors, wall paintings, books, shelves, different mosaics or collages of photographs are just some of...

Sometimes people complain that they are not able to sell quickly their home. How fast you can sell a property may depend on many different reasons; one is that your house is empty! Selling an empty house is not easy at all: when people step in, they wish to imagine their house turning into a home, meaning that they want to feel the warmth of the property and how cozy it can be. It doesn’t matter if they...

You may have bought a house hiding a treasure and you don’t know! When buying a house in Italy, it is a good idea to do a proper inspection of the property just to be sure of what you are getting yourself into beforehand. Ok, we already know this. But inspection is not just for purposes of identifying any possible shortcomings but also seeking to establish if there are any valuable hidden architectural...

Outdoor party season has finally returned! Make sure your house party will be the best in your neighbourhood thanks to these 9 ideas. Make Your Cooler the Coolest Forget filling up your freezer with ice makers and save space for some Vodka. Buy a bag of balloons and fill them up with water. Freeze them over night and place the balloons in your cooler. Bonus: After the ice melts you have ammo for a water balloon fight! More info here.

Many people dream about packing up and starting a new life abroad, imagining a better quality of life, with more time for oneself and beloved ones. Italy is still one of the favourite retiring locations, thanks to its nice climate, historic places to visit every day and good food. But what are you supposed to do to retire in Italy? Here is a brief guide, that will clear your mind about the process of...

The calm before the storm: UK investors urged to invest overseas following Conservatives' slender majority 'Now is the time to think more globally'. This is the message to investors of UK assets by the boss of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations, following early predictions of the Conservatives' effective majority. deVere Group's founder and chief executive, Nigel...

We know that moving from your home country to Italy may be quite stressing up and we want to help you with some good tips to save time, money and, yes, some hair-pulling – in the process! 1. Plan which items you’d like to bring with you at least 6 months in advance and check how much it would cost to replace the items that you are not taking. 2. Plan your packing dates with your removal company at...

Cortona is one of the most charming towns in Tuscany and it is crowded all year around; the streets are full of fashionable art and antique shops; people wearing their designer clothes are having an aperitif in a classy bar, while waiting for the latest exclusive event. After all, Cortona itself, from its dominating position 500 metres above the sea level, seems to be saying “hey, Val di Chiana, I am the...

Italy's fragmented past saw the Country divided into dozens of tiny independent states, bequeathed in a plethora of small urban settlements which offered the neighbouring countryside a place of aggregation and trade closer than the capital city. Many towns and villages, the so called borghi, still bear the signs of their turbulent history in their interesting buildings and monuments which are a testimony...

If the housing market in 2014 gave concrete signs of recovery, in 2015 the increase of transactions will continue, although prices seem to be still falling. Stability will be reached over the next two years. What happened in 2014 The year that we have just left behind, showed concrete signs of recovery for the Italian real estate market. After years of negative trends, the transactions increased by 3.6%....