For the first time I am writing this blog post in Italy. It has been a short and very busy trip that is coming to an end in quite intense...

Things are moving on swiftly in Belvedere. Since my last blogpost, the house has grown significantly and is now up to the headers over...

Hi again everybody. First let me apologise for being away so long. A lot has been going on at both home and abroad. So let's catch up! A...

The new year has arrived and with this there are always new possiblities. Even though much is new, some feelings of dejavu continue to...

As the year ends, the positive news from site is, the foundations are complete, including the terrace around the building. This is great...

A week has gone by, since the pile foundations were completed. A light layer of concrete has been poured, to give a level platform for...

Another week has gone and work continues on site. However, not as much has happened as one might have hoped. Nobody is at fault, just a...

Demolition is a harsh word. It brings thoughts of destruction into your mind without any meaning. However, dismantling something in many...

In September I noticed that I began to get a little impatient. The clock was running. The thing is, at this time the Superbonus deadline ...

We had booked a trip to Italy, using last years tickets and followed the information intensely regarding the current covid situation. We...

A little while later, I had come up with a scheme. We liked the layout and it served our purposes. I had used all of the available area....

Planning for the future… in Belvedere Ostrense (AN) Being who I am and what I do for a living, meant unsurprisingly that I started...

The next wave of COVID struck shortly after my visit and again travel was put on hold. However the search continued. The lock down in...

In 2020 the corona virus spread like wildfire and Italy was hit especially hard. Nobody knew what to expect and I was heartbroken whilst...

Approximately five years ago, we started to believe that an apartment or house in Italy, could be something for us as a family. Before,...

Dreams usually remain just that and for many years I thought also that my dream of Italy should remain a fiction of my imagination. The...