When I mentioned that we were moving, one of my readers asked for more details on my statement that “[moving is] such a huge expense and hassle in Italy that nobody willingly moves often.” In case the information is useful to others, here are some of the steps involved in buying a home and moving… Continue reading Moving House in Italy
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Raising the Roof: Expanding Housing Space Vertically
For several months now, we’ve had a close-up view of a major construction project in a neighboring building. When you buy a top-floor apartment in an Italian condominium building, you often (usually?) also buy the right to some or all of the attic space under the slanted the roof, called the solaio. Where building codes… Continue reading Raising the Roof: Expanding Housing Space Vertically
House-Moving in Italy
We couldn’t have picked a worse time to move: record high temperatures and humidity, with people literally falling down in the streets. In a particularly horrible accident the other day, a man on a street repair crew fainted. His colleague driving the tar truck didn’t see him on the ground, and backed over him. Our… Continue reading House-Moving in Italy
Changing Homes in Italy
Anyone who has had the experience of setting up a household in Italy will wince at the list of things we have to do in the next two months: sell the family home in Rome (emptying it of many years’ accumulation of books – this is a family of professors! – furniture, etc.), set up… Continue reading Changing Homes in Italy