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Modicasa
The English estate agent in Sicily
Sicily has got 11 bandiere blu this year, the national award for clean beaches. The award now requires disabled access, recyling, cycle tracks, green spaces, public health services, tourist info and even sustainable fishing... The beaches which qualify this year are: ![]()
Roccalumera, Ali Terme, Santa Teresa di Riva, Spiaggia Lampara a Tusa, Acquacalda (Lipari) Marina di Modica, Marina di Ragusa, Raganzino (pozzallo) and Ciriga (Ispica) and Menfi in the Agrigentino. The new addition for 2022 is Furci Siculo (Messina).
Italy has passed a law allowing a new digital nomad visa for non EU workers. The details, such as minimum income and health insurance requirements will be released shortly. The visa will need to be obtained from your home country before arrival in ITaly, but will allow you to stay beyond the 90 day limit. Earnings will be subject to Italian tax.
A slight tweak to the law when you sign an act of purchase/sale at the notary. It will be no longer a legal requirement to write in the exact amount of commission paid to an agent in the atto, merely the payment details and the number of the invoice. It remains a legal requirement to cite the agent in the act, if one has been used. Failure to do so is penal crime. If you have used an illegal agent who cannot be cited in the act you have no obligation to pay them a penny.
New rules to simplify photovoltaics and hot water panels on your roof, even if you live in a centro storico. If the panels are integrated into the roof, (so dont sit on top) you no longer need permission. If they are also not visible you can put them in a centro storico with no specific permission. Obviously the Beni Culturali might have different rules, so it does depend where and what you own.
And the Easter celebration of the Gioia at Scicli is also cancelled, we learn this morning.