We are Local, we are Global.
There is a moment that happens to almost everyone who spends real time in Tuscany. The light changes in the afternoon and something shifts. It becomes clear that what you are experiencing is not a holiday. It is a way of living that has been refined over centuries and that exists nowhere else in quite the same form.
It is the particular quality of a morning in Florence, where the same streets that carry the school run also carry eight hundred years of art history. It is the table at a vineyard in Chianti where lunch becomes a three-hour conversation. It is the silence of the Val d’Orcia at dusk, and the knowledge that the landscape you are looking at has been painted by everyone from Leonardo to contemporary photographers without ever quite being captured.
Building Heritage exists for people who have experienced this and decided they want more of it. Not as visitors. As residents. As owners. As people who have chosen to make Italian life part of who they are.
What we sell is not a property. It is access to a way of living that money alone cannot buy. It requires the right place, at the right moment, with the right guide.
More than an agency.
A point of view.
Building Heritage was founded in Florence over 25 years ago by Cinzia Romanelli. What began as a personal conviction, that the Italian luxury real estate market deserved a fundamentally different approach, has grown into one of the most respected names in the sector.
We are not a network of branches. We are a team of specialists, based in Florence, working together on mandates we choose carefully. Every property in our portfolio has been evaluated against a standard that goes beyond price per square metre. Every client relationship begins with a conversation, not a contract.
In over 25 years, Building Heritage has managed more than 650 properties with a combined value exceeding three billion euros. These are not metrics we lead with. They are the result of doing the same thing, consistently and well, for a very long time.
We are Local, we are Global.
We have been in Florence for over 25 years. We know which buildings face south on the Lungarni. We know which palazzo in Oltrarno has been owned by the same family since 1780 and might be available in two years. We know the Soprintendenza, the notaries, the agronomists who know the difference between a Sangiovese clone worth keeping and one that needs replacing.
Local knowledge in this market is not information. It is relationships, accumulated over decades. It cannot be replicated by a portal or an algorithm.
Since 2022, Building Heritage has been the exclusive Italian partner of Forbes Global Properties, the international real estate consortium present in over 30 countries, 650 locations worldwide.
This means that a property entrusted to us in Tuscany reaches a qualified buyer in New York, Dubai, Singapore or London with the same standard of presentation we apply locally. And it means that an international buyer who comes to us in Florence has access to the global intelligence of a network that operates at the highest level across every major market in the world.
Local depth. Global reach. This is what makes Building Heritage different.
Forbes Global Properties:
our global reach
In 2022, Building Heritage became the exclusive Italian partner of Forbes Global Properties, the international real estate consortium that operates as the official real estate partner of Forbes, one of the most recognised media brands in the world for over a century.
Forbes Global Properties selected Building Heritage to represent Tuscany and Italy. This is not a commercial arrangement. It is a recognition of professional standards, market knowledge and the quality of our portfolio. Membership of the consortium is by invitation only, reserved for agencies that demonstrate excellence, integrity and proven expertise in their local market.
The Forbes Global Properties network spans over 30 countries, 650 locations. For our clients, this means two things: properties we represent are presented to a genuinely global audience of qualified buyers, and buyers who work with us benefit from a network that extends well beyond Italy.
Being part of Forbes Global Properties also means that our clients receive the editorial and marketing visibility of the Forbes platform, one of the most trusted sources of information for high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors globally. When Building Heritage presents a property through this network, it reaches the right people.
Our team
Building Heritage operates through six specialist departments, each led by professionals with deep expertise in their area. This internal structure means that complex mandates are handled in-house, with the right specialist involved at every stage, rather than passed to generalists or external parties.
Jacopo DEL MAESTRO
Chiara GENNARELLI
Arianna GIOVANNINI
Diego D’ANTONIO
Kety CIKO
Sara VALDIVIESO
Tommaso FANTECHI
Francesco DI PINTO
Ana Luisa BERLIN ZANELLA
Benedetta PECCHIOLI
Sabrina BARONI
Aurora LACI
Cinzia ROMANELLI
Awards
Our work has been recognised by independent bodies and publications that operate at the standard our clients expect.
Innovation Business Award | ANGI, Oscar dell’Innovazione
Best Property Agents | Bellevue
Best Luxury Real Estate Agency Marketing in Italy | Luxury Lifestyle Awards
Global Woman Leader | Cinzia Romanelli, Founder and CEO
La Medaglia della Solidarietà | Fondazione ANT 1978 Onlus
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