Tiffany B says:
June 7, 2011 at 2:43 pm

Housing on installation?

We lived in “base housing”, which really isn’t base housing since it’s scattered across the valley in different towns, some of which are up to 30 minutes away. They are in the process of turning most, if not all, neighborhoods over to Italian landlords, so I’m not sure how that will work. We were number one on the waiting list when we arrived because my husband was coming from Korea.

Housing off installation?
Housing in Italy can be on the smaller side. There are no closets, but the military will provide you with wardrobes for the length of your tour.


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Kristie H says:
May 11, 2011 at 9:44 pm

Housing on installation?

There is no “base housing” there is GRP and BTL which are military but not on base, but those are slowly being phased out so if you move here, living on the economy is easier than trying to move in and then back out of those in a short time. The waiting list for those houses are long and long waits! We were #12 when we got here and it took until late march before they offerred us a house. Housing off installation?

Different towns are different! San Quirino is nice and its close to base. I would definately better to go with a house that uses city gas as opposed to gasolio (deisel type heating fuel) which costs about $850 for 800 liters, or bombola (a propane type fuel for cooking/heating). And you have to watch your electric usage! Living in Italy is very expensive! Most houses dont have huge yards or even what we would consider to be medium yards but there are exceptions to every rule I have a huge yard (footballfield big) but I have a stand alone house in the middle of fields that are used for farming. There are tons of vineyards and wineries no matter where you live! If you are moving here I would check out the AHRN website and also look at avianoclassifieds.com for rentals! Stand alones go quickly and so do most duplexes. As far as apartments a lot of the complexes do not have elevators so beware if you will be moving into an apartmaent that is on t he 3rd or higher floors!


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Jolyn@Budgets are the New Black says:
August 13, 2010 at 10:00 am

We were based at Aviano from 2004-2007 and lived “on the economy” in San Martino di Campagna. We PCS’d in August and found it very difficult to find housing: all of Italy is on vacation — yes, for the entire month! — and they have no capitalistic fervor about leasing their empty houses while they’re away.

Base housing is not available, but there are many “built-to-lease” units spread around off-base in the different villages.

The TLF on base is very nice, with a full kitchen, washer and dryer in each unit, two-bedrooms available, a wonderful playground for the kids, etc. It was brand-new when we arrived in 2004. It’s also within walking to the commissary and the BX, which is valuable as you’ll likely be car-less the first few days you are in-country.


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Roni says:
July 15, 2010 at 2:06 am

http://www.aviano.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16604


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