Restoration Project Management

For many people, acquiring a ruined farmhouse in a beautiful rural location, or a run-down house or apartment  in the centre of an  historic Umbrian or Tuscan town, and transforming it themselves into a perfect home, is the most fulfilling way of moving into Italy  and the Italian way of life. However the media, particularly in Britain,  have given ample coverage to the problems and pitfalls that await  the unwary. The advantages of employing an experienced restoration project manager to co-ordinate and supervise the whole process are obvious and include:

• Selection of the most  suitable property for restoration
• Guidance through the bureaucracy of obtaining planning permission and subsequent certification of works carried out
• A professional and transparent approach to estimating costs and project timing.
• Education in the correct choice of building materials for a given area and type of property
• Selection of the best stone masons and other artisans
• Professional and ethical management of all materials purchasing and contracting of work
• Regular on-site monitoring to guarantee project specifications and, when necessary, to adapt them to meet unforeseeable structural requirements revealed during the reconstruction of antique buildings
• A single bi-lingual point of contact for the busy “absentee” owner
• Financial accountability through regular reporting
• Professional indemnity insurance

Cluttons Italy are pleased to have established working relations in several localities in Tuscany and Umbria with a select group of professionals whom we are happy to introduce to clients buying a property for restoration through our agency. These include architects, surveyors, family building firms and established project managers whose best testimonials are their previous clients and completed projects.