DolceRight Renovate & Settle

The keys are in your hand. Now what happens next?
DolceRight: Renovate & Settle is the second app in the DolceRight Suite — the practical companion for the moment after you've bought your Italian property, when the real work of renovating and settling in begins.
Founder Jan Savolainen built this app from hard-won experience. After purchasing a 400-year-old farmhouse in Ostuni, Puglia, she lost €95,000 to contractor fraud during her renovation — and had to learn, the hard way, everything that comes after closing day. This app exists so you don't have to learn it the same way.
WHAT'S INSIDE

Renovation planning & contractor management — how to hire, vet, and manage Italian contractors, and how to spot the red flags before they cost you
Permits & municipal compliance — what requires permits, geometra oversight, and comune approval
Tari (waste tax) — registration, calculation, and payment
Utilities setup — electricity, gas, water, and internet for rural Italian properties
Residency & bureaucracy — registering at the anagrafe, obtaining a codice fiscale, and understanding residency requirements
Italian banking — opening accounts, transferring funds, and navigating the paperwork
Property maintenance rhythms — seasonal realities like olive harvest, heating systems, and water management
Community & integration — building real relationships with neighbors and understanding local customs
Built-in calculators for renovation costs, transaction costs, and everyday budgeting decisions
A vetted professional directory - real people for real problems, from contractors to tax advisors

WHO IT'S FOR
If you've just bought (or are about to close on) property in Italy, this is your natural next step. If you've inherited an Italian property and don't know where to start, this app maps the path. If you're planning a major renovation or preparing to spend real time living in Italy — part-time or full-time — this is built for you.
WHY DOLCERIGHT IS DIFFERENT
This isn't a tourist guide, and it isn't generic expat content copied from a blog. Every topic in this app is grounded in a real renovation, real bureaucracy, and real mistakes — Jan's own. Content is specific to the Italian system, flags regional differences when they matter, and connects to deeper chapter-by-chapter guidance from Jan's companion book, coming soon.
DolceRight: Renovate & Settle picks up exactly where DolceRight: Find & Secure leaves off - because buying the property was never the hard part.