BestFSBOGuide.com team
Marco Greco
Italy contributor
Covers Italy's private-sale process from primary sources, starting with the visura catastale the notaio reads from rather than the house as it stands. The desk tracks the gaps that stall a deal: a cadastral floor plan that no longer matches the rooms, an APE that still needs a certified assessor, and an imposta di registro that lands on a second-home buyer at 9 percent.
Conformità catastale is the hurdle that decides whether an Italian sale can even reach signing. When the layout filed with the Catasto and the layout you can walk through no longer agree, the notaio holds the rogito until a geometra or architect certifies that they line up. Reconciling that takes time, and a seller who waits until a buyer is committed can watch completion slip by weeks.
So the Italy guides for BestFSBOGuide.com are built around the decisions, not the theory. Which records to pull first from the Agenzia delle Entrate, what belongs in the buyer’s hands before the compromesso is signed, and how the rogito actually runs at the notaio’s office once there is no agente immobiliare in the room.
Areas of focus
- Tracks Italian conformità catastale requirements and the visura/APE documents a sale depends on
- Follows the notaio-led rogito process and imposta di registro rates for private parties
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