Hello,

I'm new on this forum and therefore I would like to introduce me.
My name is Gunther Desaever, I'm a Belgian engineer specialised in the restoration and renovation of historical buildings, country houses,...
Since 2000 I live and work in Tuscany as an engineer, recognised by the Italian law.
As a lot of you who one day would like to change the rainy, cold days for the sunny Italian weather, I took this decision in 2000.
After many years of renovation projects for Italian clients and foreigners finally I'm realising the renovation of my own country house. Last year we bought a property to restore in Tuscany.
Due to my profession and the fact that I'm living for almost 10 years in Italy, I have a lot of experience in the Italian building sector. So if you need some information regarding technical advice, Italian administration, permits, opening B&B, ... please don't hesitate to contact me.
If you want some more information about my activities then please visit my website livingintuscany.eu

Greetings and hope to hear you soon

Gunther Desaever

Ciao Gunther

benvenuti to life in italy..

i am sure your participation in this forum will be highly appreciated and since you are also living in italy, you might like the idea to participate in a lot of discussion regarding italy and the world...

which part of Toscana are you in? the area surrounding the chianti hills?

Welcome Gunther !

Friends of the blog, if you are interested in seeing how Belgian engineers work... you'll have to go and visit Labro. Labro is a small breathtaking village in a marvellous breathtaking place: the hills around Lago di Piediluco (on the border between Latium and Humbria). It has been restored by some Belgians and now it's one of the most beautiful places in central Italy:

http://www.comunedilabro.it

it's really worthy of being visited.

Questo e tutto veramente molto affascinante per me.

Benvenuto al forum Gunther. Sono molto contento to have you on
the forum.

A person can learn a lot on this forum. I know I have.

Suppongo che parli molto bene l'Italiano gia.

A proposito, was in Belguim a few years back. There were a lot of Italians living there.
Did a tour of this Belguim elementary school and they had a bilingual Italian program for the kids from Italy.

ciao,

hai ragione, dopo quasi 10 anni parlo abbastanza bene l'italiano, scrivere un pò meno.

grazie e a presto

Gunther

Hello Max,

I'd had a look at the website of Labro and I really have to go to visit it. It looks beautiful

greetings

Gunther

I lived for more than 5 years in Florence but since 3 years I'm living in the Valdarno region (close to Figline Valdarno), still the Chianti region

Greetings

Gunther

Hi Gunther, glad to have you here.

Are you what we would call in England a qualified structural surveyor/engineer? If so, do you have an insurance backed indemnity? Certainly I, and possibly others on this site, may be interested in your services. Best, Mark

Welcome Gunther, really happy to have you here. As you are a stranger living in Italy and doing an interesting work I'm sure it will be great to read your opinions.

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Hello Mark,

I am what you would call in England a qualified structural engineer. In Italy before you can work as an engineer you must do an examination (called esame di stato), without this examination you can not take the full responsability for your own projects, this means that you can not put your name on your own projects. not interesting I would say. I'm inscribed at the Ordine degli ingegneri di Arezzo at number 1446.
About the insurance yes of course all the architects, engineers must have it.

Hope to hear you back soon

Gunther