The harsh reality of owning property in Venice didn’t really hit me until we had signed all the documents with the Notary in Padua, he read the entire sale and purchase agreement in Italian and then in English, we initialed and signed in all the relevant places. We then caught the train back over the causeway and a vaporetto slowly down the Grand Canal taking … Continue reading OMG! What Have We Done?
How will we get new sofas, dining table, beds, television, microwave and everything else we will need for a comfortable apartment from the shops along very narrow calli (streets) and up narrow stairs to our front door? On top of all that, how will they find us? Our address is 5961 Cannaregio, Venezia. That’s like saying 5961 London, England. The first day we arrived in … Continue reading Venetian Shoppers Only
The thought of renovating a 300 year old apartment in Venice had even me, who had renovated three houses in New Zealand, feeling slightly overwhelmed. Mind you, 100 year old wooden, single story villas are rather more manageable than a handmade brick apartment in a five story building, on a canal, built on top of timber posts from the Balkans at the time when Antonio … Continue reading A Venetian Renovation
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