Everything you need to check us, in ten minutes.
Who we are, what we cost, what we have sold, what clients say, what you sign. Every number has a date, a source and a person responsible. What we still lack is written at the bottom.
Updated 3 October 2026Operating numbers, not turnover
With these details you can find us in the Italian business register in two minutes.
People on the register
An owner who signs a four-month exclusive wants to know what happens to the file if someone is away: the answer is the team, with one management system and a shared report. About →
From 27 September 2026, unchanged until 30 September 2027.
With the history of changes. The Fees page, with examples →
| Item | Terms | From |
|---|---|---|
| Sale · owner | 1% + VAT at completion (rogito, the notarial deed), always, with or without management | 27 September 2026 |
| Sale · buyer | 3% + VAT at completion, stated on every listing | 27 September 2026 |
| Mandate | 4-month exclusive; 2-month renewal only on a new signature; early exit without penalties if BridgeRent misses a service commitment | 27 September 2026 |
| Earns while it sells · management | 25% of nightly rates collected, VAT included; separate contract, cancellable with 30 days’ notice | 27 September 2026 |
| Transitional and 4+4 leases | no owner-side fee to find the tenant; optional management at 10% of the annual rent, VAT included | 27 September 2026 |
| Commercial · temporary use and sponsors | 10% paid by the owner + 10% paid by the user; a flat €25 a month per screen for electricity to the owner | August 2026 |
| History | 3% + VAT with management offset (until 5 Sep 2026) → no owner-side fee (6–26 Sep 2026) → 1% + VAT (from 27 Sep 2026) | — |
The ones that prove the service.
Every number has an internal source and a person responsible for updating it.
| Figure | Value | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Properties sold (with their own page) | 3 | at every completion |
| Asking price achieved, average | 99% | at every completion |
| Days from mandate to offer | 7, 10 and about 100 | at every completion |
| Days from offer to completion | about 140 | at every completion |
| Google reviews | 15 · 5.0 average · link | first of the month |
| Airbnb guest reviews | 2,423 on two Superhost profiles · 4.83 average (Andrea’s profile 724 at 4.92; the team’s second profile 1,699 at 4.79) | first of the month |
| Nights managed since 2021 | 6,744 | quarterly |
| Average occupancy, last 365 days | 65.4% | quarterly |
| Stays rated 5 stars | 83.7% (741 of 885) | quarterly |
| Service commitments kept | counted from 1 January 2027 | quarterly |
| Viewings postponed because of guests | counted from 1 January 2027 (target: zero) | quarterly |
Google reviews: 15 arrived between 21 and 23 September 2026; from now on, one request at a time: after completion, after the first 60 days of management, after the first report. Never a rating without a link; no self-serving review markup; Airbnb guest reviews remain a hospitality figure and are never added to Google’s. Target: 30 reviews by March 2027, all with a reply.
We sell in Varese, on the lakes and in Milan. We manage where we have a local team: the list is kept up to date here.
Two perimeters, declared and different. The same list is on Google and on the portals.
| Area | Main towns | Sales | Short-let management |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varese and its first ring | Town centre, Giubiano, Casbeno, Masnago, Sant'Ambrogio, Velate, Bobbiate, Schiranna; Casciago, Comerio, Induno Olona, Gazzada Schianno, Castronno | Yes | Yes |
| Lake Varese | Gavirate, Bodio Lomnago, Azzate, Buguggiate, Cazzago Brabbia, Biandronno | Yes | Yes |
| Valceresio and Ceresio | Arcisate, Bisuschio, Besano, Porto Ceresio, Brusimpiano, Lavena Ponte Tresa | Yes | Yes |
| Malpensa axis | Gallarate, Busto Arsizio, Somma Lombardo, Besnate | Yes | Yes · already active: long stays linked to the airport |
| Lake Maggiore, Lombardy shore | Besozzo, Angera, Ranco, Ispra, Laveno-Mombello, Luino, Sesto Calende | Yes | No · from the opening of the cleaning and check-in team, target first quarter 2027 |
| Como and the western shore | Como, Cernobbio, Moltrasio, Brunate; the western shore as far as a same-day site visit reaches | Yes | No · properties already managed; new mandates when the local team is in place |
| Milan | Milan | Yes | No · properties already managed; new mandates when the local team is in place |
The Swiss shore of the Ceresio is outside our agency work (it needs a cantonal licence), but many of our owners live in Switzerland. Operating ceiling: a maximum of 12 keys per field person in management; with two people, 24 properties in 2026. The twenty-fifth waits for a third operator.
The templates, before you sign.
Three separate documents: sale mandate, service commitments, management contract. Plus a real example of an orientation sheet and of a monthly report.
The template PDFs are being published in the week after 27 September 2026, in the final version reviewed by our lawyer. Until then you receive the documents at the first meeting, before anything is signed. The documents are in Italian; we go through them with you in English.
The checklist, with its status.
We fill it in ourselves, in public. Until the first three items are done, the recommendation has a perimeter: a furnished second home in Varese or on the lakes, an owner who has read the low scenario, a timescale of months.
Done
- A team of five with roles; those who act as agents are on the register
- Fees with a start date and a history
- A three-scenario simulator on our own data; management service levels published
- One website, one perimeter, the same description on Google, the portals and Airbnb
- 4-month mandate with measurable commitments and an exit; a separate management contract, cancellable at 30 days
- Buyers told about the 3% + VAT in writing before the viewing; cooperation policy published
- Guest ratings and Google reviews shown separately, with links
Not yet
- At least 8 documented sales with their own page (3 today)
- At least 30 Google reviews spread over time, 4.8 average or higher, all with a reply (15 today, 13 without a reply on 23 September)
- A public count of commitments kept and of viewings postponed because of guests (from 1 January 2027)
- The Varese local unit registered with the Chamber of Commerce (application filed)
- Terms unchanged for at least six months (from 27 March 2027)
- At least one unpaid article in the local press and a published price observatory (first issue in January 2027)
- Native-speaker review of the English pages
Sources, turnover, associations, what is missing.
How are the published figures checked?
Why don’t you publish your turnover?
Are you members of a trade association?
Is your Varese office registered as a local unit?
What are you still missing?
Written by Andrea Tonali, licensed real estate agent (Milan Monza Brianza Lodi Chamber of Commerce, since 21 Oct 2024), founder of BridgeRent.
Editorial update: 3 October 2026 · Tax and legal content must be checked with the relevant professionals.
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