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Project planning stages for our first auction purchase

After winning the auction, I went straight to work creating a design in Sketchup of what I envisioned for the property. I wanted to make a an open floor plan by opening up the principal wall that separated the kitchen and the living room. We were retaining our...

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Happy Ferragosto

August 15 is a special day in Italy. It is celebrated nationwide on the beaches and in the mountains in any location one can find space to stretch their legs. My family celebrated it this year by going to our favorite beach in Puglia near Gallipolli given the name...

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Huge 60K euro property in Frassinello Monferrato

This property used to be a butcher shop on the bottom and the owner lived above it in the 300 square meter (nearly 3000 square feet) Casa Independente. It does have an exclusive garden area with terrace overlooking a beautiful scenery. The main issues with the...

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Our first site visit to our future home

When we were young newlyweds we spent much of our time touring real estate in a period where I worked for an Architecture firm as a 3D modeler and my wife worked diligently at a bank. I could speak 'poco Italiano' but was learning fast due to how often I attempted to...

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Our first Auction (Our house)

It all started with this property. The community in which we set up roots and became part of the community. Our kids were born while living here and someday will inherite everything that stems from this location. It wasn't the most beautiful Italian day, but the...

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Tracking down the first property we purchased in 2014

This is content that typically doesn't see the light of day. Bad video.... forgiveable. The experience... unforgettable. At least for me. Apparently I had intentions on keeping it long term as a rental. 6 years later, is it time to implement that initial strategy?

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Ospedaletto update

Fast forwarding to today from our previous post that left off at the time of payment of our last summers purchase. Recap As of today, it has been...

Casa dolce Casa

 Keys As a continuation of the last post, I want to share our experience with our new Italian home. As I mentioned, we purchased a home on auction...

Ospedaletto: Auction Day!

It's auction day! After a good month and a half in South Italy, I drive family back up to our home near Milan. The entire way, testing out the...

2017 Goals

I stumbled across this old picture from when Keisi was little. Welcome back to another beautiful Italian morning! It has been cold, but growing up...

Back Terrace

One section of our new home that is rarely mentioned is the small patch of concrete we call our backyard. With a dimension of 3 meters by 5 it isn’t...

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