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We have recently taken possession of our property and deeds.The geometra is the best person to look into all parts and parcels of land that may surround your house and their owners.Contact one that is in your locality,he will have more understanding of your local commune to search out and produce your new documents.Most solicitors use a local geometra to do this type of work.

I have PMd you Karen

The law changed on 1 July - the notaio probably needs and wants an up to date planimetria of the property which si signed off by a professionista - otherwise the act will be null.  If the last catasto is from 1939 it is probable that the property has changed in some way since then, and needs to be recatasto'd before the act of sale an be stipulated.

Thank you for this, Ram. How annoying that we have been caught by this new legal requirement. The selling agent was vague as to how long it might take to draw up a new catasto, and how complicated a process this was. Hoping for the best... 

Thank you to those who have responded. Fortunately it didn't take too long to resolve the problem. Of course another one soon came up- we had to get permission to 'frazzionare' the house, as it was half of a larger building. The developers suggsted that we buy the other half to solve the problem, but we couldn't afford to do that. Anyway the sale contract was signed at the end of January in our absence by our representative to whom we had given power of attorney. We have been told recently that renovations are progressing well, and we are on course for a handover date some time in the Spring - though whether that means April, May or June is unclear. Several people buying from Tricali seem to have had major problems, especially in Abruzzo, but fingers crossed we will have a habitable property in a few months!

funnny thing is you cannot get onto their website now.. has it changed..

It says that it is being revamped.