Founder & Property Advisor, Kämpe Estates · Firenze
THE JOURNAL · BUYER’S GUIDE
What buying in Tuscany actually costs
The numbers behind the listing — before you fall in love
Kristine Hasselø • 23 June 2026 • 6 min read
FIESOLE, TUSCANY
There is a version of buying property in Italy that begins with a feeling and ends with a surprise. A villa glimpsed at golden hour, a price that seems almost reasonable — and then the slow arrival of taxes, notary fees and structural realities nobody mentioned at the viewing.
We exist for the other version. Below is what total acquisition actually involves, in figures we monitor for clients every month.
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The figure most buyers miss
Total acquisition cost in Italy runs 10–15% above the asking price once registration tax, notary fees and agency commission are counted. On a €2M purchase, that is €200,000–300,000 most buyers never budgeted for.
An advisor is paid to be unromantic at exactly the right moments.
The three that catch foreign buyers most often are registration tax, the geometra’s survey, and the gap between cadastral and market value at completion.
ALL-INN VS ASKING
+10–15%
TUSCANY PRIME
2,800
EUR / m² · OMI
EUR / NOK
11,82
Norges Bank
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What an advisor does
We are advisors, not agents — the distinction is the entire point. We are paid by you, not by the sale, so the incentive is to find the right house at the right price, then to talk you out of the wrong one.
The market rewards the prepared and penalises the romantic. If you would rather know than hope, that is exactly where we begin.
WRITTEN BY
Kristine Kämpe Hasselø
A PROPERTY ADVISOR, NOT AN AGENT
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