After being highly recommended, we had the pleasure of working with Stefano during our recent move to Italy. The first major step in our relocation was finding an apartment. We needed to secure housing quickly, before our flight to Italy. Stefano consistently exceeded our expectations, ensuring we felt informed and at ease throughout the process. His knowledge of the local area and his ability to navigate the Italian rental market were impressive. Upon arrival, he also assisted us with setting up a bank account, utilities, and even a phone plan, ensuring we had everything necessary to settle into our new home. Stefano's expertise and guidance were invaluable throughout the entire process. We wholeheartedly recommend his services to anyone contemplating a move to Lucca and seeking a reliable and trustworthy guide. Thank you, Stefano, for making our move to Italy so seamless! We are incredibly grateful for your support.

My wife and I have been looking on the Italian multiple listing websites for a long-term rental in Tuscany, and a friend suggested that we contact Stefano, who specializes in finding properties in the Lucca Province. Stefano had previously helped her with her rental, and she spoke highly of him.

We were unable fly over to Italy to search for ourselves, so we put a lot of trust in Stefano to help us. As it turned out, Stefano found an apartment that exactly fit our needs: a location within Lucca’s Historical Center and close to the walls, furnished with two bedrooms, a garden, air conditioning, and accepting pets. Furthermore, this apartment was not listed on any real estate website. Stefano also helped us with negotiating the lease with the landlord as well as other administrative necessities throughout the process.

Stefano is polite, professional, prompt in his responsibilites to his clients, and easy to get along with. He’s also fluent in English, listens to clients’ needs, and follows through on what he promises. My wife Maureen and I are happy to have hired Stefano, and would recommend  him to our closest friends and family.

 

Our desire was to settle in Lucca and start a business in the city. We met Stefano by pure coincidence, he is exceptionally  professional, dedicated and solution-oriented and an indispensable help in the italian bureaucracy. We can warmly recommend collaborating with Stefano Galigani  

Stefano literally walked me through every aspect of all three of my property purchases in Italy.

Currently , he and his team  are supervising and overseeing a full renovation of my flat in the historic center.

My conversational Italian is good but I could have never negotiated all that is needed to find, purchase and renovate my homes. Stefano found and negotiated my purchases. He introduced me to my banker and assisted me in setting up my bank account, payment for my taxes, utilities, gardener, house cleaning etc.

The one thing I have learned is  that in Italy one mistake can lead you down a very steep bureaucratic rabbit hole. Working with Stefano and his team has saved me from this ill fate ! Stefano is an upstanding individual who is highly respected by his peers and within the local community. Through our many years of work together he has become my Lucca family !

What can I say about a man who helped us navigate a three year stay into a world class adventure? Accolades but in the interest of brevity, I’ll highlight his greatest qualities. My husband Larry and I moved to Lucca in 2014, after never having been there before. We met Stefano through a friend we made at the local  " bottega" He was generous beyond belief, helping us find two wonderful places to live that we would never have found otherwise. His knowledge of the area and extensive network was priceless. Out of the goodness of his heart, he went to several government meetings with us in order to keep us legally in the country.  He speaks English like a native, the same cannot be said of us in regard to Italian! As mentioned before, his attributes are many. I would recommend Stefano to anyone looking for assistance in the area. You would be lucky to make his acquaintance.

In 2023 I was very fortunate to meet Stefano through mutual friends who were also buying property in Lucca. My wife and I had found the home we wanted to buy, and we were in the early stages of executing the transaction. We immediately began to enjoy Stefano’s company. He is engaging, intelligent, considerate, and just so helpful in so many ways. His command of English is absolutely top rate – he actually speaks with a bit of a Scottish accent. Stefano’s circle of friends is quite extensive. We already had an English-speaking real estate agent from southern Tuscany, but Stefano introduced us to the geometra we brought on board (who has been wonderful) and made or confirmed other recommendations for professionals we needed. His knowledge of the city of Lucca is quite extensive, and he is quite passionate about his birthplace. I only wish we had met Stefano earlier – I’m sure he could have made the beginning of our journey easier. We are very glad to know him now and look forward to all our future interactions.