Buying in Scalea

[Alan Starkey]

Good afternoon everyone.......sorry to ask a question that has probably been asked a thousand times however i have just found this website and it looks very interesting. I came to Italy to look for property last year without finding our 'perfect' place. We have been recomended to look into the Scalea region and wanted to know where the best place area was to look at?
Any help or advise would be appreciated and once again sorry for asking again!!!

Best regards

The Starkey Family

[Doug]

Hi Alan,
The website associated with this forum, and with the estate agents we used to find our property, is Scalea Property Services - Calabria, Southern Italy - Welcome to Scalea Property Services

That's as good a place as any to start. Quite a selection of property available unless you're looking for the larger, stand-alone Tuscan type villa which are not as abundant in the south. You can also look into A&M Immobliare and others you find in Calabria with internet searches. Other sites fir Italian property that you may already know:

Buy property for sale in Italy - Find a Property

Real Estate/Property in Italy/Buying a Home in Italy - Italiansrus.com

Saluti,

[JanetC]

Hi Alan:

What are you looking for in Calabria? We have a home in San Nicola that is used for both personal and rental interests - you can view it on our website:

Italy Holiday & Vacation Villa, Villettas & Lets for Rent, Southern Italy, San Nicola Arcella, Calabria, Villa D'Arcobaleno

There are many real estate companies and I would recommend A&M Immobiliare: A&M Immobiliare Compravendita appartamenti,terreni,ville Calabria,Basilicata,Campania.

We would be happy to talk to you about our experiences in the Scalea area. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Welcome to the forum!

Janet and Stuart

[Lynn]

La Riviera dei Cedri Ivan at agenzia casabella is a great agent. He speaks English and goes the extra mile for clients. He opened our bank account with us, organised the notary, electricity and codice fiscale. Made life easy in genewral.

Lynn

[Alan Starkey]

Doug / Janet / Lynn.

Thank you so much for your comments that are very much appreciated and i will have a look at the various websites that you recomended. As we are a family with 2 small children ( 6+2 ) we are looking for somewhere that we can use for holidays for us and our family. We are looking for a two bed apartment probably in a complex with a pool. I have a budget of around £50,000.....do you think that i will find something in this region???

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Alan Starkey

Doug / Janet / Lynn.

Thank you so much for your comments that are very much appreciated and i will have a look at the various websites that you recomended. As we are a family with 2 small children ( 6+2 ) we are looking for somewhere that we can use for holidays for us and our family. We are looking for a two bed apartment probably in a complex with a pool. I have a budget of around £50,000.....do you think that i will find something in this region???

Howdy Alan,
After I realized you were talking British pounds which = about 62,600 euro, you should be able to find things to look at in those links. I spotted some in the 45-70,000 euro range with a couple bedrooms, pool, etc. Have fun surfing those sites. doug

[ENGJMAX]

Hi Alan
I am very sure that you will not have much of a problem to find something to suit your requirements in and around Scalea. In our case we were after a similar type of property, and had much the same budget as yourselves, and have bought in the centre of town.
Lynn & Doug have both given very good advice, personally I can 100% recommend David & Tony at Scalea Property Services, they helped us to buy through Ivan at Casabella Agency
( our place is in the block across from Ivan`s office)

They can help with the whole buying process, which we found overall very simple & straightforward.

Best advice is check out this forum as most things have been covered over the last year or two, look online at least 5 Scalea agents have websites. Any questions just ask!! we all have the FEVER and are mad about the place.

Very Best Wishes

John