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How to Move to Italy &
Retire
Dreaming of retiring or buying a holiday house in Italy? There's a lot of work needed for la dolce vita! Here's what you need to know when it comes to house hunting, negotiating, taxes, health care and life in Italy! Plus meet our panel of experts & expats!
MAY 5-8, 2021

Consulting Workshops in Italy

Dreaming of retiring or buying a holiday house in Italy? There's a lot of work needed for la dolce vita! Here's what you need to know when it comes to house hunting, negotiating, taxes, health care and life in Italy! Ashley & Jason Bartner (owners of La Tavola Marche & No Half Measures Consulting) and experienced American expats are your hosts for a series of Workshops with the experts  to help offer you the tools and insider information you need for a successful start to your new life in Italy!  This will be an honest, informative, humorous, engaging and inspiring series of seminars/lectures over the four days.
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Even if you are planning for your retirement or holiday home it's all in the preparation and this intensive & intimate workshop will answer all your burning questions. We hope to provide you with a road map for this journey to make your dream of living in Italy a reality!
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"Information, conversation, doses of reality checks, all folded nicely together with some of the most decadent and delightfully crafted meals you may ever taste... From the traditional Italian classics like crostini and bistecca to foie gras and asparagus saffron risotto.

 We came to the farmhouse to learn, absorb their knowledge, take the reality of their advice and put it towards our ideas that had walked through their farmhouse doors on the very first night...

Jason and Ashley have created something charming and unique – something that I admire. A dream they had when they were my age, 24, and by 25 – after copious amounts of paperwork, house hunting and Italian bureaucracy – made their dreams a reality. Now, 10 years later, Jason and Ashley sat around their kitchen table telling stories of how fate, hard work, and dedication landed them in the hot seats – teaching new dreamers how to wake up and start living." 

  ​Read more about this guest's experience at our workshop!

How to Move to Italy & Retire

The mornings will be spent doing activities at the farmhouse with time to explore the area. Then return to the farmhouse for apertivi and interactive seminars before dinner. The seminars/workshops will be broken into   3 Phases: Preparation , Transition & Execution
  • Create a timeline
  • Immigration & The VISA Process
  • Finding the Property & Negotiating, Understanding closing costs & taxes
  • Holiday Rentals
  • The Nitty Gritty: AirBnB, VRBO, etc.
  • Logistics of the Move, Bringing your Pets
  • Culture & Expat Life in Italy
  • Stories from Expats : Behind the Scenes of Purchasing a House in Italy,  Restoring a Farmhouse

Q&A with the Experts 

Come prepared with all your burning questions! On hand will be "Insiders & Experts" from an Italian Commercialista (Tax Account, Business Advisor Specialising in European Financing) Fabio Centurioni, Business Attorney, other Expats (from Holland & America) and of course Jason & Ashley Bartner! The expats are a mix of entrepreneurs & retirees that live in diverse settings from the rural countryside to the heart of a medieval village - giving you a better understanding on the pros & cons of city vs. country locations, some retired and others dabbling in holiday rentals/ AirBnB,  all sharing stories of their struggles, successes & what keeps them loving life in Italy!

We recently interviewed Susan about her move & life in Italy: Entrepreneurs & Expats in Italy: Making the Move as a Single Woman in her 50's | Dogs, Dating & Renovating!

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The next workshop is scheduled for MAY 4-7, 2020 see the details here:

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