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Mainland Italy is a big area :) it might be easier to help you if you mentioned the particular area, and naturally whether you would prefer rural or town location...

[QUOTE=peterp]Hi all
We are a family of 4 who are looking to possibly relocate early next year and was thinking of mainland Italy as a possible destination.
Myself and my wife are both half ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ(our mums are from Naples) and have visited around the Island many times.

Can anyone please offer us advice.
We are in the early stages of thinking of relocating and gathering information help us along the way..
I believe the 'safest' way to test the water as such would be to rent our 3 bed property out over here which would achieve probably 1k per month income and renting a place in Italy until we establish ourselves.This would leave us with a base here if things don't work out.
I still need to look into the job situation as I understand through reading this forum there can be difficulties in this which may take some time.Unfortunetly this is the only problem which is why we are hesitant.Though I am quite sure we can make it a success.
What are the rental prices like in Italy now?We would probably get away with a 2 bed apartment as our kids are still young.

Also i'd like information on schooling for my kids who are 5 and 2 would be appreciated.

We have always been very cautious in our approach to change and this is a dramtic one for us.This would be a long term venture resulting in(hopefully) a permanant move.Are we being over cautious do you think?

Sorry for the long first post and thanks a lot for your kind advice!!

Peter[/QUOTE]
What does a rental cost in the uk?? it's the same sort of question.
My friend in Milano who has two tiny children was spending more on renting than they would have paying a mortgage,about Euro 1.100 per month excluding all utilities over 5 years ago! if as George says you are looking at the south/rural areas this could be more than halved but the problem of employment is inverted.In Milano and most of the north there's lots of work
but high prices,urbanisation,pollution etc.In rural areas lower prices bur few services and little work.The children are the least of your worries if they are small,they'll be speaking fluently in 3 months and will adapt easily.At a junior or infant level even in rural areas schools pay a lot of attention to the integration of new kids from outside.So i'd say that possible employment/work should remain the priority.

Hi Peter
Agree totally with Sebastiono and George - that the rent will depend completely on where you decide to go. Work has to be the priority. Try to do as much research as possible. All the big cities have their free weekly newspapers which are available online, so you could check out the work situation in general. Once you have decided on a specific area workwise you could check out rental prices in the surrounding countryside, as it would obviously be cheaper to compute a short distance than rent in a large town or city.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

Linda

You can find some excellent information about rental prices all over Italy at: [url]www.tecnocasa.it[/url]
There are several members from the Abruzzo region who can provide advice about purchases in this area.
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