The Italian property market is all about locations and the quintessential Italian lifestyle that make it a timeless holiday destination and an excellent investment opportunity. The unique history in art and culture along with spectacular scenery and sublime wine and food, are distinguishing qualities that discern from the market trends.
With the passion and commitment to our Italian heritage, we have selected excellent investment opportunities for both your residential and investment needs. Whether you are seeking a holiday apartment or villa in the most scenic holiday resorts around Italy, or an excellent investment opportunity for commercial development in the main cities such as Rome, Milan or Florence, we have something for you.
Our range of services will help you to identify the right property even when it is not yet published on our site, since our network spreads across the whole of Italy with access also to off the market investment opportunities.
Mission statement
Dream Properties in Italy is about tailor made services to allow you to accomplish the purchase of your dream property in Italy. We only recommend locations and properties which respond to the strictest of standards of scenic beauty, facilities and amenities, excellent furnishing and value for money. Our service is as personal and professional as it can get since we believe that our knowledge and experience needs to be placed at your advantage in order to help you plan and execute your purchase as hassle free as possible and ensure that you achieve your dream.
OUR TEAM
Franco Tamani
Managing Director
Franco Tamani is a multilingual sales and marketing expert with over 25 years experience in the hospitality management and real estate sectors.He started his career in Spain in the early nineties with one of the world leading timeshare management companies, Global Management Services, looking after the management and development of holiday resorts in the E.M.E.A. region.
In 2000 Franco returned to Italy and started working closely with the Tuscan region and the local institutions in the international promotion of the cities of Florence and Arezzo as destination for the Meeting Industry, as Sales Consultant for the Florence Convention Bureau, and as Director of the Arezzo Convention Bureau.
Then in 2005 Franco opened his first venture, Vacation Property Consulting, selling on to the international markets excellent Italian property developments, for both residential and investment purposes. The most important of these investments he still manages today with the newly formed Group My Dream Italy Ltd.
Proud of his Italian heritage and culture, with an international experience having lived and worked abroad for almost 20 years, Franco shortens the gap between offer and demand, allowing foreign investor to find someone able to understand their needs and respond in a professional and timely manner.
Maurizio Sica
Real Estate Agent
Maurizio Sica began his professional career in the real estate business in 1977, in the well known ski resort of Bardonecchia (Italy) where he dealt with incoming, second home tourism.After a few years, with the assistance of a valid team of collaborators, he set up offices in Turin, Genoa, Salice d’Oulx, Borgata Gleise, opening two in the central Medail high street of Bardonecchia, one for rentals and the other for real estate buying and selling.
He also ran a rentals business with the ‘Trovavacanze’ company in Bardonecchia for ski weeks and country breaks in holiday apartments and residences. With the same company he became a director of the “Pool Residence Valsusa” handling international tourism promotion, particularly the UK, France and Spain. During the second half of the nineties, he relocated both his home and his real estate business to Lunigiana (Italy), a beautiful area on the borders between the regions of Liguria and Tuscany, and began specializing in the buying and selling of historical and prestigious properties (castles, ancient farmhouses, mediaeval villages etc) as well as villas and rustic properties.
From 2005 he expanded his business to include luxury real estate and beach properties in the Versilia area (Forte dei Marmi), Cinque Terre National Park and the Tuscan Coast. He has currently broadened his reach to cover the whole of Italy and the International market, also managing major real estate investments with the support of professional colleagues.
Andrea Gianninoni
Real Estate Agent
Andrea Gianninoni graduated with top marks from the School of Accounting, Bologna (Italy).In the early ’80s he started a Limousine Leasing and Bus Hire Service with over 100 members operating in Italy nationwide.
He subsequently expanded his professional experience by working as International and Domestic Commercial Manager for a successful company, specializing in the production and sale of luxury clothing.From the early 90s he became involved in the real estate business in the Residential, Tourism, High Class and Commercial Property sectors, becoming Chief Executive Officer and partner of Predium srl, a leading Timeshare company.
From 2004 to the present day he has been dealing with the research and development of national and international real estate operations, focusing above all on locations in Miami (US) and London (UK). He specializes in commercial real estate involving Hotels, Farm Holiday properties, Tourist Centres, Spa and Sports Centres, the Wine business and the large scale retail trade.
As a consultant he is currently cofounder of the Baia Blu D’Oriente Sviluppo S.r.l. company which deals with promoting a project in China aimed at Italian and European operators in general.
Antonio Milianti
Real Estate Agent
Antonio and Serena have been running the family real estate business since 1973. The in-depth knowledge of the real estate market and territory has allowed them to set up a company who, not only is scrupulous in the selection of the right clientele but it’s mostly specialized and oriented towards a foreign market and buyers as well, thanks to its high-skilled multilingual team. Milianti brothers are also able to assist their clients in the design and refurbishment/construction of their dream typical Tuscan style home. In Years Mr Milianti is present to the most famous International Real estate Exhibitions – since time competence and efficiency are the basis of their work.