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Why use Garda Homes?

We were the first company to specialise in Lake Garda and cater exclusively and independently to English-speaking buyers. We live locally and can, depending on the service level you choose, use our years of experience and contacts to provide the widest range of access to properties on the market here, regardless of source: apartments, villas, houses, rusticos for restoration, and even plots of land with development potential.

If you are just thinking of buying property on Lake Garda or have already started looking for property for sale, we can help.

We are a bridge

We work exclusively for you, the UK or US buyer. Unlike an estate agent, we are not “selling” anything: we are helping you to find and buy the right property on Lake Garda for you, regardless of its source, providing a “bridge” between the Italian property market and you, the overseas buyer.

Equal footing

We search the property market thoroughly, sifting through hundreds of properties listed with the 250-plus estate agents around the lake, as well as private sellers and developers, through classified ads, the internet, and traditional shop windows. We are often able to gain information before a property hits the market, and estate agents view us as a source of qualified buyers. We consider it one of our most important jobs to find the right Lake Garda property for you at a fair market price, not one with a price inflated specially for foreign buyers. Our primary aim is to put you on an equal footing with any other Italian buyer.

Experts in the area

By retaining our services, we can help you find your Lake Garda property, then help you through the maze of red tape that inevitably accompanies the process. Throughout the search, negotiating and conveyancing stages (and beyond), our bilingual staff will pass on their expert knowledge, contacts and experience, fending off potential problems before they occur and ensuring that your experience is as stress-free and efficient as possible.

Rental Management

If you are buying as an investment, and would like to let your Lake Garda property, we offer a comprehensive rental program, in which we handle all aspects of marketing, bookings, keyholding, changeovers and general property management.
There are three ways to use this site, and our services.
Firstly, you can search for Lake Garda property for sale listed by estate agents, and if you see something you like, you can contact the agent direct. Your message will go straight to them (and we make sure, before they are allowed to list, that they are properly qualified and registered to practice in Italy as estate agents). If they don’t reply or have trouble with English, we are on hand to help. This is part of the service we offer the estate agents: helping them communicate with potential English speaking buyers.

We also provide many other services such as project management, property surveys, ordering of land registry title searches.
Alternatively, you can sign up for our property search and finding package. In this way, we work solely for you the buyer, and search the books of agents not included on this site (as well as those shown here) to explore the market in as complete a manner possible. Included in our services are all those listed above, plus transport (including airport transfers) right up to completion. It is extremely efficient also if you have little time for viewings and can’t afford to waste endless trips out to Italy time and time again for new searches – we do all the leg work for you. Contact us to find out more and discuss our rates and how we can save you time and money when searching for Lake Garda property.

Finally, if you have found a property you like on your own initiative, and need our expert help in making that all important offer, carrying out land registry searches, ordering surveys, providing legal translations, helping you set up utilities and arrange deliveries of furniture, then we can still help you. Just contact us with the details of your requirements and we will provide you with a competitive quote.