The trades register
Builders, electricians, plumbers, roofers and geometri who work these towns and will take on foreign buyers. Free to search, always. The register is opening: the profiles below are samples showing the format, and real businesses replace them as they sign up.
I work in one of these towns — add meBuying? We brief three of them for you in Italian and send the quotes back in English: three written quotes, £79.
24 businesses
Mussomeli, Sicilia
Sworn translation of deeds and scheme paperwork, plus attending the notary by video to translate live. Works remotely, so covers everywhere.
Covers 12 towns in our index
Sambuca di Sicilia, Sicilia
The geometra is the single most important hire on a scheme purchase — surveys, permits, and the completion certificate the comune needs to release your deposit. Thirty-one of these completed.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Abruzzo
Conservation-grade restoration inside a protected historic centre, where material and finish rules are strict and enforced. Books far ahead.
Latronico, Basilicata
Surveys, cadastral corrections and permit submissions. Half the scheme properties in this region have paperwork errors that must be fixed before a sale can complete.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Mussomeli, Sicilia
Three generations of builders working the historic centre. Has taken fourteen scheme properties from ruin to habitable, and will tell you when a building is not worth saving.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Ollolai, Sardegna
Granite is a different discipline to the limestone and tufa of the mainland. This crew has worked it their whole careers.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Bisaccia, Campania
Seismic zone work with the structural calculations to match — non-negotiable in this part of Campania and the reason quotes here look higher.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Ollolai, Sardegna
Set up specifically to work with foreign buyers — English and German spoken, written quotes, photo updates while you are out of the country.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Mussomeli, Sicilia
Full rewires with certification, which the comune will ask for at completion. Also fits solar, which pays for itself fast at this latitude.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Latronico, Basilicata
Restoration specialists working the Pollino villages. Lime plaster and stone repair done the way the buildings were made, which the conservation rules require.
Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Toscana
Chestnut beam repair and replacement, plus stonework. Tuscany rates are higher than the south and the waiting list is longer.
Patrica, Lazio
Surveys and permits across Frosinone province, and will project-manage if you would rather not deal with five trades yourself.
Montresta, Sardegna
Handles the regional grant paperwork alongside the survey, which is where most Sardinian applications come unstuck.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Abruzzo
Heating systems specified for 1,250m, where an underspecified boiler is a genuinely serious mistake.
Mussomeli, Sicilia
Bathrooms, kitchens and full replumbs in old stone buildings where nothing is where you expect it. No English — bring a translator or use ours.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Zungoli, Campania
General contractor covering the Irpinia hill towns, with experience of the tufa cave damp problems specific to Zungoli.
Covers 2 towns in our index
No insurance certificate on file — ask to see one before work starts.
Sicilia
Traditional coppi roofs relaid with modern underlay. Books up months ahead through the dry season — plan your roof first, not last.
Covers 2 towns in our index
Fabbriche di Vergemoli, Toscana
Full systems installs with certification, Lucca province wide.
Patrica, Lazio
Frosinone-based contractor an hour from Rome, used to buyers who visit at weekends and want photo updates midweek.
Bisaccia, Campania
Electrics and plumbing across the Campania–Molise border towns. Self-listed; documents not yet checked.
Covers 3 towns in our index
No insurance certificate on file — ask to see one before work starts.
Castropignano, Molise
General building work around Campobasso. Self-listed; no experience with foreign clients yet.
No insurance certificate on file — ask to see one before work starts.
Patrica, Lazio
Rewires and certification. Self-listed, insurance on file.
Latronico, Basilicata
Local plumbing and heating. Self-listed, no documents on file yet.
No insurance certificate on file — ask to see one before work starts.
Carrega Ligure, Piemonte
One of very few contractors still working these Apennine villages. Travel time is charged and the season is short.
No insurance certificate on file — ask to see one before work starts.
How verification works
Self-listed
The business registered itself. We have checked nothing. Labelled honestly so you know to ask.
Documents checked
Partita IVA confirmed against the Italian register, and public liability insurance seen in date.
Verified
Documents plus two completed jobs confirmed with the clients — including at least one foreign buyer.
We do not take commission on building work and we do not rank by who pays. Sample profiles shown while the register is being built.