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We work in close association with many estate agents and property developers throughout Central Italy (Umbria, Western Le Marché, Northern Lazio and Southern Tuscany) to bring you wide selection of properties to choose from. This costs you no more than if you deal with them directly as we share the commission they normally charge. We personally visit virtually all of the properties so that we have first-hand knowledge of not just the house but also the environment, access, views, and local services. We publish far more photos and information than any other site and have recently added video too. Our property search and notification facility is second to none.
We also work with many holiday rental agencies and property owners to bring you a wide selection of properties to rent for a holiday, while house-hunting, or while restoring. We can even help in advertising, marketing, managing bookings through to the setting up of your holiday home for guests. We have a dedicated area on our website advertising those properties we manage on behalf of our clients - contact us for more details about how to add your property to our website.
We provide you with masses of helpful information about visiting, buying and living in Central Italy. There are pages about growing olives, bringing pets, getting insurance, the weather, places to visit, exporting your car, and even building a duck pond! Above all we try to make our website interesting and fun - not dull and boring!
We have a team to help with maintenance, renovation or restoration. Our first-hand experience of renovating properties and living in Italy is available to guide you through the sometimes difficult process. We have a team of architects, surveyors, builders, plumbers, electricians and even geological engineers to manage anything from fitting a post box to a complete restoration and installing a pool.
We even have an After Sales Services team to help you with things like registering with a doctor, getting your children into a local school, buying a car, getting residency permits, setting up your computer, etc.
This website receives over 3,000 page views per day with an average visitor stay of over 5 minutes* and is fast becoming the website for people interested in Central Italy. There are links to many, many other sites to provide the answer to almost any question. You can pick all or any of our services so, if you already have a house here, we can help you market your holiday home or even sell it. And of course, if you just want to have a holiday in Central Italy, that's fine too. We hope you find our website helpful, interesting, and even entertaining.
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Racing news!
After the excitement for Formula One fans yesterday watching the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, in which Nico Rosberg led the field from pole position to win his first ever Grand Prix a full 20 seconds ahead of Jenson Button, we bring you more exciting racing news!
La Porta Verde wins in Australia!
La Porta Verde has won the first stage in round two of the SCX World Rally Championship. This is an event for slot cars, more commonly known as Scalextric. Four cars were entered as Team Umbria - La Porta Verde (your favourite website), Brama (a model shop in Perugia), Conti Rowland (Todi architects), and Sciri (electrical installations). La Porta Verde was 11th at the end of the first round.(see photo)
Forty-two cars are taking part in the championship with 14 rounds in Australia, Canada, USA, Greece, Norway, Denmark, UK, and here in Italy. We'll keep you posted on our progress or you can follow us on Facebook
The Mille Miglia classic rally, which entices hundreds of drivers from all over the world to enter their classic cars in the three-day event travelling from Brescia-Rome-Brescia, starts on May 16th and finishes on May 20th. The 1600km route is called ‘the most beautiful race in the world, and it certainly passes through some of the most beautiful scenery in Italy. One of the best places to see it in Umbria is as the procession of cars winds its way through the wonderful old town centre of Spoleto on the Friday. If you need a place to stay where you can discuss the cars and travel down to the event then why not stay at the Bed and Breakfast of La Porta Verde in the house Villa Rosa. We are close to Perugia and within easy reach of the E45, so you could drive down with ease on the Friday. Please contact us for availability or click this link.
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Property of the week:
A charming villa with a one bedroom guest house, swimming pool and beautiful gardens at the foot of a hill top borgo. [PA1612]
A two bedroom villa in immaculate condition surrounded by beautifully planted gardens and lawns, including an orchard, vineyard, vegetable plot and swimming pool. With its own one bedroomed guest house dating back to the 1900's that has been restored in true Umbrian style just a stone's throw away. The properties are conveniently located within half an hours drive of well known attractions in the area as well as being only 1.5 hours drive from Rome its airports and 20 minutes from Perugia, San Edigio airport.
Price: €390.000
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These are our special properties for one reason or another.
Driving tip or comment of the week:
When crossing the road in Italy, look left, look right, and look straight ahead. They can come at you from any direction!
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Quote of the week:
Men! Wear aftershave, you never know when your luck is going to change.
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Recent Customer Comment:
'We’ve recently begun to browse Italy property websites in preparation for a trip in October, I just wanted to commend you on your site, it is an absolute pleasure to use and to navigate around, not only that, but there is a wealth of useful information and links too.
It must to some extent be a labour of love for you, I just wanted to say “thank you” and let you know it is really appreciated.'
Steve Loveday
'We are thrilled to have found your website! We have spent many hours already browsing through it and choosing properties which look the most appealing to us. What a fantastic website you have!'
Steve and Sara 'O', who subsequently bought through LPV recently
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Latest Airport News:
Perugia Airport
Perugia Province project to celebrate 150 years of the Italian State, in 2011, is to expand Perugia airport into a fully-fledged international airport. Someone read this and asked me what the difference between an 'international airport' and a 'fully-fledged international airport' is. Easy...one is fully-fledged and the other isn't.
Ryanair has anounced flights from Perugia to Girona/Barcelona, three times a week (Mon/Wed/Fri) from 02 July 2009. Many thanks to Jim Powrie of Green Umbria for the information. You can take advantage of this by booking on www.ryanair.com.
Alitalia announce that their flights from Milan to Perugia will cease shortly. There is speculation that a flight from Rome to Perugia may replace it. Certainly Perugia airport will be looking for more flights to replace the loss of this internal flight.
Viterbo Airport
We heard recently that within the next two years Viterbo airport is to change from a military airport to an international with all the 'low-cost' airlines being transferred from Ciampino Rome, which is to become a national airport. This is excellent news for Umbria as Viterbo is only just outside the south-west border, in Lazio.
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