Property for sale and real estate in Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany
Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany
Introducing La Porta Verde
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Please take a few moments to read this column to fully understand how we operate.
Click here to meet us in a short video introduction to La Porta Verde and Villa Rosa.
We work in close association with many estate agents and property developers throughout Central Italy (Umbria, 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 many 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 the letting of your holiday home, and if you buy through us we do this for free!
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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*These figures are provided by Nihuo Software and based on an average over the period 1 August 2007 to 3 February 2008.
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LATEST NEWS: The Mini Mille Miglia, a slot car version of the full-size event sponsored by La Porta Verde, was a huge success and raised a further 2,000 euros for Alzheimer's Research. It took place here at Castello delle Forme on the 8th and 9th May. Sponsored by Scalextric and now a round of the Scalextric World Championship the event has Sir Stirling Moss as its patron. Contact us for more details.
Property of the week:
Benone, a house in Poggio Aquilone [PA1569]
A lovely old house built into the medieval walls of the castle at Poggio Aquilone. It has been sympathetically restored and is on three levels, with three double bedrooms, a balcony, roof terrace, and walkway over the castle entrance. There is also a small outside dining area at the front of the house, it has a garage and wonderful views to the front and rear. It comes partially furnished.
Price: €220.000
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A Very Special Event
We were shocked to learn that for every £289 spent on cancer research only £11 is spent on Alzheimer's research, yet the same number of people die each year from each. So, La Porta Verde organises an unusual event to raise money for the Alzheimer's Research Trust - Mini Mille Miglia - a slot car version of the current Mille Miglia. Sir Stirling Moss OBE kindly agreed to be patron of the event and Scalextric are one of the main sponsors making it a qualifying round of the Scalextric World Championship. Last year we raised around 4,000 euros for Alzheimer's research. This year's event takes place on the 8th and 9th May to coincide with the full-size version. You can make a donation in support of this event by making a donation. All profits go to Alzheimer's research. Click the magazine below to see a larger version.
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!Click here for more tips and comments.
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 Olofson
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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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There is also a feature enabling you to go straight to a property by entering its reference number in the search box. Useful if a particular property is recommended to you or you see one in an LPV advert.
Some websites we recommend
La Porta Verde is proud to be the top referrer in 2006 to Holiday Lettings, one of the best places to advertise your holiday home or find a place to rent.
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