TriesteAffitti

About us

Born in intensive management. Now clear-eyed in what we choose.

  1. 2013

    We start out in holiday lets, under the name TriesteVillas.

  2. 2013–2020

    Up to 130 villas and flats at the same time, and in the busiest periods around 10,000 guests a year.

  3. 2020

    The turning point: we leave holiday lets for residential leases, temporary, 3+2 and 4+4.

  4. October 2025 – September 2026

    819 people came to us looking for a home to rent; we let 72 homes.

We started out in 2013 managing holiday lets, under the name TriesteVillas:

In thirteen years we have managed more than 300 properties, with up to 130 villas and flats at the same time.

At our busiest, around 10,000 guests a year stayed under our roofs.

It was a tough school, and an invaluable one.

It taught us to really read a property, the weight of details, and how much difference there is between occupancy, takings, cost, margin and peace of mind.

  • Davide Carlin

    Davide Carlin

    Principal

  • Giada Comelli

    Giada Comelli

    Rentals · Contracts and registrations

  • Cécile Van der Salm

    Cécile Van der Salm

    Viewings and appointments

At some point we understood something simple but decisive: for many city properties, the healthiest formula wasn’t the loudest one. It was the smartest one.

  • Less friction.
  • More real margin.
  • More peace of mind for the owner.
  • A more sustainable job for whoever manages it.

TriesteAffitti grew out of that realisation. We don’t disown the world we come from: we simply understood it through and through. And that is exactly why today we approach renting in a more mature way: temporary lets, 3+2 and 4+4.

Our strength isn’t an abstract promise. It’s real experience, paid for in the field.

What we believe

  • We believe every property has a right formula.
  • We believe a year full of noise isn’t always good business.
  • We believe in the real net figure.
  • We believe in orderly processes.
  • We believe owners need a clear-headed partner, not slogans.
  • We believe people looking for a home are entitled to clarity, respect and quick answers.

TriesteAffitti in one sentence

We are a brand dedicated to rentals in Trieste: we come from the intensive management of holiday lets, and today we are a letting agency, focused on the most mature form of renting.

TriesteAffitti looks after rentals; TriesteVillas, the parent brand, handles the presentation and sale of high-end properties; TriesteImmobiliare covers homes in Trieste and its province up to about €500,000; FriuliVillas covers Friuli Venezia Giulia, from the coast and lagoon to the hills and mountains; LignanoVillas covers Lignano Sabbiadoro; TriesteBusiness covers commercial property; SloveniaVillas maps the Slovenian coast and the Karst, measured from Trieste; SappadaVillas covers the fifteen mountain hamlets of Sappada/Plodn one by one, each with its hours of sunlight; OrtaVillas maps Lake Orta, in Piedmont, measured from Milan.

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High-end homes · with TriesteVillas

At the top end, much of the market isn’t online.

Some of the most interesting opportunities belong to the TriesteVillas Private Collection: properties that are not shown publicly, by the owner’s choice, for privacy, for market timing or because a sale is under way. The right approach isn’t to wait for the perfect listing: it’s to build the right relationship.

If you own a property outside the ordinary range, it makes no sense to treat it as a standard let: TriesteAffitti brings in TriesteVillas to run it – a high-profile public listing or the Private Collection, Flex while you sell, rent-to-buy when it really makes sense.

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