Hi AlanI am afraid that having your house up for sale and selling it are two different things. I have run this past another consulting engineer who also acts as a geometra out here and he, David Collins, confirms what our first geometra has said - you might be interested in his book 'Buying and Restoring in Tuscany' A Practical guide - can be purchased from Amazon I understand. It is not clear what happens in a situation when the vendor cannot afford to upgrade their septic tank? I have a third geometra in mind to run this past but fear the answer will not change! Thanks again for your input though.
Hi Alan
Our Geometra has said that in order to sell the house the septic tank needs to be upgraded or changed altogether because it does not comply etc If you do not move house or add a new WC then you do nothing until you want to sell the house - then you will need to do the work in order to get the paperwork through the Notary. Just sayin'
I have just been to a book launch of a book called 'Buying and Restoring in Tuscany' A Practical Guide by David Collins, a consulting engineer originally from Ireland who specialises in refurbishments, alterations, structural works and does house surveys for potential buyers.This book may already have been mentioned in this magazine, and is available in Kindle form from Amazon.An interesting read and useful for owners and potential owners.
Thank you alan h for your comments. Unfortunately as the existing tank installed only 23 years ago, has only 2 chambers a 3rd chamber is now required to meet current regulations. This is apparently now a Commune requirement and the house is unsaleable without upgrading the tank. I take your point though which was also raised by our builders but get a geometra get involved and then you can start budgeting for the costs of preparation for a sale.
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Hi AlanI am afraid that having your house up for sale and selling it are two different things. I have run this past another consulting engineer who also acts as a geometra out here and he, David Collins, confirms what our first geometra has said - you might be interested in his book 'Buying and Restoring in Tuscany' A Practical guide - can be purchased from Amazon I understand. It is not clear what happens in a situation when the vendor cannot afford to upgrade their septic tank? I have a third geometra in mind to run this past but fear the answer will not change! Thanks again for your input though.
Hi Alan
Our Geometra has said that in order to sell the house the septic tank needs to be upgraded or changed altogether because it does not comply etc If you do not move house or add a new WC then you do nothing until you want to sell the house - then you will need to do the work in order to get the paperwork through the Notary. Just sayin'
I have just been to a book launch of a book called 'Buying and Restoring in Tuscany' A Practical Guide by David Collins, a consulting engineer originally from Ireland who specialises in refurbishments, alterations, structural works and does house surveys for potential buyers.This book may already have been mentioned in this magazine, and is available in Kindle form from Amazon.An interesting read and useful for owners and potential owners.
Thank you alan h for your comments. Unfortunately as the existing tank installed only 23 years ago, has only 2 chambers a 3rd chamber is now required to meet current regulations. This is apparently now a Commune requirement and the house is unsaleable without upgrading the tank. I take your point though which was also raised by our builders but get a geometra get involved and then you can start budgeting for the costs of preparation for a sale.
Thank you for your views modicasa. I have estimated €4000 including fees and excluding IVA for all the works so hope this is reasonably accurate!