Goulburn or this?

Ever since I first visited Italy in the seventies I had a longing. I wanted to buy a house and live there. But I was turned off by the'buy cheap and ruin' reality TV shows; crap renovations, swimming pools and the army of British wankers destroying the joint. I was discouraged by the war stories of world weary opportunists who had tried it and failed. You know the sort - blokes who carry man-bags and their wives with mauve hair. 

"Don't think about it, mate," they say. "Too bloody hard. Too much paperwork. Too much bureaucracy. The wogs will rip you right off."

Guess what. None of it is true ... ff you know where to look.

Toto, i have a feeling we're not in kansas anymore

Now don't get me wrong. I'm not being negative about Goulburn. I've lived 40 kms from there for nearly 40 years. I love the place. It's a good honest country town - good pubs, a train station, two supermarkets, half a dozen service stations, a Bunnings and a prison. What more could you ask for?

My point is this. Like the rest of Australia, the Goulburn property market is booming. House prices are going up. This is good for some, not so good for others.

But the house market in Italy is in the toilet. There are literally thousands of country houses for sale. 

So prices are cheap.

It's about market forces - and the choices we make.

So I choose Italy, or a small part of it not widely know.

This is what this website is about ... the what and the why. And most importantly, the how.

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