Hi all! As you might have noticed, subtitles are not perfect. They were generated by AI and they would have taken a lot of edit to make them perfect. Overall they are good enough to understand the content, I hope! Thanks for the support!
I would like you two to have a conversation on how the demographics of Italy will influence the housing market, especially which regions will have the best possibilities to meet the challenges. Svar
I would love to see videos of the renovations with costs. What is involved in the process etc! Great idea! This video is very informative and the man is very knowledgeable! Great ideas!
I would LOVE to see the planning and renovation! On all the house tours we see either very raw space and are asked “what would you do?” Or we see a space that is complete and wonder “how did they think of that?” Also, I for one would be thrilled to attend a speech about doors, and to open a fruit to see the wrinkles!
Hi Rino, very interesting, I am curious about the quote. We have stayed in many various holiday appartments in Abruzzo. We do not seek luxury but want to be comfortable. We would not stay in a place with a communal kitchen (unless it is a B&B with breakfasts served but even then it would not be a first choice). My advice is to to have two spacious appartments on the first and second floors. That would mean to add a small bathroom on one floor and a small kitchen on the second. Squashing more people to small spaces may not work, financially and regarding the attractivity for clients. I would start with that and leave the cantina project for later as that can be the most expensive. Good luck!
Really interesting conversation, thanks for sharing this process! The English Cc was a little rough, so I turned on Italiano - much easier to follow, and my new favorite way to practice Italian! Looking forward to the next video.
Hi Rino it was a very interesting video and I would like to follow the story… If it would be my house, I wouldn’t think about making separate rooms and 1 common room for all of them, I would make the apartment in the cantina as he advised and the other 2 floors leave as 1 house. But that is because I wouldn’t rent just 1 room and share the kitchen with others in my holidays. If I have 1 room for us in mind I go to a hotel. Usually I like to rent a house or an bigger apartment for us.
We really enjoyed this video, and especially that it was in Italian. Always nice to see how much we can understand without trying to read the subtitles. Does Lino work in Sulmona??? 😅 I agree with the comment on at most one apartment per floor. Not a b&b, but more like Airbnb apartments each having at least a small kitchen and a bathroom (ideally with a clothes washing machine each) I wouldn't want to share a bathroom or a kitchen in a vacation rental. And in a smaller town that doesn't have a ton of restaurants, I'd want to be able to prepare some meals ourselves. Or just leave the top 2 floors as a large rental making very minor changes for now (it's "feature" could be that it's spacious!) and finish out the cantina to be a separate apartment. We agree that the cantina's features could make it an attractive rental. Would you want to have a b&b anyway, and have to provide breakfast and daily services? We're looking forward to the rest of the videos in this series, and seeing what you end up deciding to do!
First: Decide if you are most interested in maximizing income over aesthetic or sentimental values, or vice versa. Second: If maximum rental concerns are primary, then it would serve you well to research the types of properties in that city (or similar geographic situations) that will achieve that goal. Thoughts… -Will 1-2 bedroom units have lower vacancy rates (as in, types that are rented the most frequently) than 3-4 bedroom units, or vice-versa? -Even if larger units (3-4 bedrooms) are rented less frequently, they will be bringing in a higher rate. Will the higher rate cover a lower frequency of bookings (IF they indeed tend to be rented less frequently)? -How much more frequent are bookings for more expensive places that are more extensively renovated than simple, quaint, habitable places? Will the cost incurred be worth it? (certain types of upgrades to enhance the units can be made along the way after earning the income). -Do couples make the most frequent bookers of vacation rentals? Younger couples before there are kids, and older couples whose kids are grown up: I would think they travel more frequently and are looser with spending. If true, aim your remodel for them. -Though the cellar area brings lots of creative fantasies and excitement for how that space could be, it probably would be best to use your initial money to modify the main house. Then, as the earnings prove themselves, you can move on the lower cellar spaces. But it would be great to get some “ballpark” estimates up front of work needed (electric, etc.) and desired, just so you can think about the possibilities over time. -BUT, MAYBE, maybe that space can be a “showstopper” that draws everyone in (especially with a glass front door, removal of the walls under the arches, and exposure & restoration of the stone walls and vaulted ceilings), along with a much higher rate. Maybe that COULD be the way to go… I don’t know. -But likely, lightly upgrading the upper units to start renting already habitable spaces could give you the financial confidence to move on the cellar area. -Also, I don’t recommend 2 separate bathroom spaces upstairs when there is none (?) on the “living” floor. Even if there’s one on that living/kitchen floor (I can’t remember), it’s not worth putting 2 bath spaces above. If you’re not doing long-term contract rentals, then people on vacation don’t need an option of a bathtub versus a shower. Give them a shower. Maybe an extra toilet at most on the bedroom level. Kitchen floor could have a toilet. -Whether you split the upper stuff into 2 rental units (aside from the cellar level) or keep as one unit on 2 floor… research for most advantageous income stream. But if you split them, do not make a communal kitchen (or bathroom). That would turn off contemporary travelers (at least international ones). Good luck. It will be exciting and informing to your audience to see this process develop.
Hi Rino this was a great idea for a video! Just to put in my two cents , not knowing what the rental market is like there, I would do a few modern touches to the upstairs portion of the house, keep the kitchen and bathroom and see how many renters you get if it’s a hot market take his advice and turn the cellar into an independent apartment (I would include a small kitchenette in that little nook when that is ready to rent you can redo the upstairs apartment if you want :) just some thoughts good luck!
I thought this was very interesting and would love more videos in the future if you decide to renovate. I loved the idea of a studio apartment/rental on the ground floor, and overall I liked the advice from Lino.
You are close to ski mountains and beaches. Might be better off to update kitchen and baths and rent whole house with a cleaning fee. If they are staying more than a week the cleaning fee is for each week. You do not have to serve breakfast every day, make beds and clean daily.
Hi there! I have a RUclips channel promoting Abruzzo to an English-speaking audience. I want to make a video on a couple of areas that some of my viewers are interested in - Atri and Penne. I wondered if you would maybe like to collaborate? Maybe you could show us a couple of properties and talk about the areas and I can link your channel? Please let me know if you’re interested 😊
Hi all! As you might have noticed, subtitles are not perfect. They were generated by AI and they would have taken a lot of edit to make them perfect. Overall they are good enough to understand the content, I hope! Thanks for the support!
I would like you two to have a conversation on how the demographics of Italy will influence the housing market, especially which regions will have the best possibilities to meet the challenges.
Svar
I would love to see videos of the renovations with costs. What is involved in the process etc! Great idea! This video is very informative and the man is very knowledgeable! Great ideas!
I like this guy, he closes the toilet lid! 🚽👌🏼
Because my OCD kicks in when i see a open toilet! 🤫🤪✌🏼
I would LOVE to see the planning and renovation! On all the house tours we see either very raw space and are asked “what would you do?” Or we see a space that is complete and wonder “how did they think of that?” Also, I for one would be thrilled to attend a speech about doors, and to open a fruit to see the wrinkles!
Hi Rino, very interesting, I am curious about the quote. We have stayed in many various holiday appartments in Abruzzo. We do not seek luxury but want to be comfortable. We would not stay in a place with a communal kitchen (unless it is a B&B with breakfasts served but even then it would not be a first choice). My advice is to to have two spacious appartments on the first and second floors. That would mean to add a small bathroom on one floor and a small kitchen on the second. Squashing more people to small spaces may not work, financially and regarding the attractivity for clients. I would start with that and leave the cantina project for later as that can be the most expensive. Good luck!
Really interesting conversation, thanks for sharing this process! The English Cc was a little rough, so I turned on Italiano - much easier to follow, and my new favorite way to practice Italian! Looking forward to the next video.
Hi Rino it was a very interesting video and I would like to follow the story…
If it would be my house, I wouldn’t think about making separate rooms and 1 common room for all of them, I would make the apartment in the cantina as he advised and the other 2 floors leave as 1 house. But that is because I wouldn’t rent just 1 room and share the kitchen with others in my holidays. If I have 1 room for us in mind I go to a hotel. Usually I like to rent a house or an bigger apartment for us.
We really enjoyed this video, and especially that it was in Italian. Always nice to see how much we can understand without trying to read the subtitles. Does Lino work in Sulmona??? 😅
I agree with the comment on at most one apartment per floor. Not a b&b, but more like Airbnb apartments each having at least a small kitchen and a bathroom (ideally with a clothes washing machine each) I wouldn't want to share a bathroom or a kitchen in a vacation rental. And in a smaller town that doesn't have a ton of restaurants, I'd want to be able to prepare some meals ourselves. Or just leave the top 2 floors as a large rental making very minor changes for now (it's "feature" could be that it's spacious!) and finish out the cantina to be a separate apartment. We agree that the cantina's features could make it an attractive rental. Would you want to have a b&b anyway, and have to provide breakfast and daily services?
We're looking forward to the rest of the videos in this series, and seeing what you end up deciding to do!
First: Decide if you are most interested in maximizing income over aesthetic or sentimental values, or vice versa.
Second: If maximum rental concerns are primary, then it would serve you well to research the types of properties in that city (or similar geographic situations) that will achieve that goal.
Thoughts…
-Will 1-2 bedroom units have lower vacancy rates (as in, types that are rented the most frequently) than 3-4 bedroom units, or vice-versa?
-Even if larger units (3-4 bedrooms) are rented less frequently, they will be bringing in a higher rate. Will the higher rate cover a lower frequency of bookings (IF they indeed tend to be rented less frequently)?
-How much more frequent are bookings for more expensive places that are more extensively renovated than simple, quaint, habitable places? Will the cost incurred be worth it? (certain types of upgrades to enhance the units can be made along the way after earning the income).
-Do couples make the most frequent bookers of vacation rentals? Younger couples before there are kids, and older couples whose kids are grown up: I would think they travel more frequently and are looser with spending. If true, aim your remodel for them.
-Though the cellar area brings lots of creative fantasies and excitement for how that space could be, it probably would be best to use your initial money to modify the main house. Then, as the earnings prove themselves, you can move on the lower cellar spaces. But it would be great to get some “ballpark” estimates up front of work needed (electric, etc.) and desired, just so you can think about the possibilities over time.
-BUT, MAYBE, maybe that space can be a “showstopper” that draws everyone in (especially with a glass front door, removal of the walls under the arches, and exposure & restoration of the stone walls and vaulted ceilings), along with a much higher rate. Maybe that COULD be the way to go… I don’t know.
-But likely, lightly upgrading the upper units to start renting already habitable spaces could give you the financial confidence to move on the cellar area.
-Also, I don’t recommend 2 separate bathroom spaces upstairs when there is none (?) on the “living” floor. Even if there’s one on that living/kitchen floor (I can’t remember), it’s not worth putting 2 bath spaces above. If you’re not doing long-term contract rentals, then people on vacation don’t need an option of a bathtub versus a shower. Give them a shower. Maybe an extra toilet at most on the bedroom level. Kitchen floor could have a toilet.
-Whether you split the upper stuff into 2 rental units (aside from the cellar level) or keep as one unit on 2 floor… research for most advantageous income stream. But if you split them, do not make a communal kitchen (or bathroom). That would turn off contemporary travelers (at least international ones).
Good luck. It will be exciting and informing to your audience to see this process develop.
great idea.. go for it if you can afford it
That would be very interesting. Thank you
Hi Rino this was a great idea for a video! Just to put in my two cents , not knowing what the rental market is like there, I would do a few modern touches to the upstairs portion of the house, keep the kitchen and bathroom and see how many renters you get if it’s a hot market take his advice and turn the cellar into an independent apartment (I would include a small kitchenette in that little nook when that is ready to rent you can redo the upstairs apartment if you want :) just some thoughts good luck!
I thought this was very interesting and would love more videos in the future if you decide to renovate. I loved the idea of a studio apartment/rental on the ground floor, and overall I liked the advice from Lino.
A series is definitely something that I'm thinking, currently things are a bit slow...
You are close to ski mountains and beaches. Might be better off to update kitchen and baths and rent whole house with a cleaning fee. If they are staying more than a week the cleaning fee is for each week. You do not have to serve breakfast every day, make beds and clean daily.
Grazie mille
Hi there! I have a RUclips channel promoting Abruzzo to an English-speaking audience. I want to make a video on a couple of areas that some of my viewers are interested in - Atri and Penne. I wondered if you would maybe like to collaborate? Maybe you could show us a couple of properties and talk about the areas and I can link your channel? Please let me know if you’re interested 😊
Sure! Cooperation is always good! Send me an email to info@onestopabruzzo.com!
@ Thank you! Will do!