About Us

Architecting Your Global Mobility in Italy.

Beyond Villa is a fully integrated villa advisory and architecture practice based in Italy. Founded by Stefano Baretta and Venelina Gancheva with one guiding principle: acquiring and transforming a villa in Italy should be a structured, transparent experience — not a gamble on multiple independent professionals with conflicting interests.

We source the property, design its transformation, manage the process, and deliver it finished. One team. One contract. Always on your side.

Our Companies

The Baretta Ecosystem

One Eleven

Governance & Group Strategy

Governance before growth

One Eleven is the governance and strategic coordination structure of the group, created to ensure coherence, control, and solidity across all operating companies.

It defines direction, standards, and processes, ensuring that every project, from asset analysis to design, from realization to management, is developed according to a shared vision, with decision-making clarity and protection of client interests.

Through One Eleven, the group operates as a single integrated system, capable of managing complex projects, international clients, and high-value assets with method, responsibility, and continuity over time.

Governance before growth.

Baretta Associati

Architecture & Strategy

Beyond architecture.

Baretta Associati is the architectural and strategic design studio of the group, specialized in developing complex high-value projects, from luxury residential scale to advanced infrastructure.

We combine architectural vision, process control, and project culture, supporting private and institutional investors in transforming an idea into a concrete, governed, and lasting asset.

Our approach integrates analysis, design, and multidisciplinary coordination, with constant attention to feasibility, quality, sustainability, and long-term value.

Architecture as a tool for vision, method, and investment.

Beyond Villa

Luxury & Heritage Villas

Heritage, engineered for today.

Beyond Villa is the group's brand dedicated to the search, enhancement, realization, and restoration of luxury villas, including historic residences and prestigious properties, conceived as exclusive and enduring residential assets.

We start from independent property selection and evaluation, acting exclusively in the client's interest, to accompany them throughout the entire journey: analysis, permits, design, construction or restoration, and final delivery.

We manage every phase with a client-side approach, integrating architecture, interior design, technology, and executive control, respecting the property's identity with the goal of ensuring quality, coherence, and investment protection.

Luxury and heritage, delivered with method.

Baretta Real Estate

Asset Strategy & Real Estate Advisory

Real estate decisions, before real estate projects.

Baretta Real Estate is the group's brand dedicated to the evaluation, structuring, and enhancement of real estate assets, with an independent approach oriented towards client protection.

We support private clients, investors, and family offices in the phases of analysis, due diligence, feasibility, and real estate strategy, supporting informed decisions before the purchase, development, or enhancement of a property.

Baretta Real Estate operates as a level of control and vision over the asset, creating the strategic foundations for architectural development and realization through the group's brands.

Real estate decisions, before real estate projects.

Baretta Design Service

Design & Interior Architecture | Dubai

European design culture, delivered internationally.

Baretta Design Service is the group's platform dedicated to design, interior architecture, and international project support, based in Dubai with a focus on Middle East clients and global investors.

We operate as an operational and cultural extension of the group, translating architectural vision, European standards, and heritage design into international contexts, with particular attention to executive quality, materials, supplier coordination, and local adaptation.

Baretta Design Service supports high-level residential projects, hospitality, and private assets, ensuring design continuity, detail control, and result coherence, even when the client operates remotely.

European design culture, delivered internationally.

DataHabitat

Technology & Innovation

Where technology becomes ecosystem.

DataHabitat develops advanced technological infrastructures based on circular economy models, energy integration, and natural architecture.

We design ecosystems where digital, architecture, and environment dialogue: passively cooled data centers, intelligent heat recovery, integrated water systems, and research and training spaces that transform digital energy into concrete resources.

Our approach combines technological innovation, real sustainability, and systemic design, creating replicable, resilient, and future-oriented infrastructure models.

Technology not as an end, but as an engine for evolved ecosystems.

Our Team

The People Who Will Work on Your Project

You meet them at the start. They stay with you until you move in. The people you speak to are the people who do the work.

Stefano Baretta

Founder

An Architectural & Interior Designer since 2006. Stefano’s career began in Milan, blending Italian aesthetic mastery with the strategic management of complex international developments.

Venelina Gancheva

Co-founder

With a background in Economics and a degree from IED Milan, Venelina harmonizes financial viability with bespoke interior concepts, ensuring every property reflects the soul of its owner.

Franco Pierucci

Business Advisor

A commercial heavyweight with a track record of scaling networks to 150+ branches and 8,000+ customers. He focuses on growth strategy and the creation of “healthy spaces” that enhance productivity and wellbeing.

Alessandra Contessa

Property Advisor

A Law graduate from Rome’s “La Sapienza,” Alessandra offers personalized legal-technical assistance, guiding private clients through the intricacies of the Italian high-end property market.

Global Network

Your Legal and Tax Protection — Handled by Specialists

Global mobility requires absolute legal and fiscal certainty. We partner with elite external firms to provide a total "shield" for our clients.

Patrick Novembre

International Tax Expert

A leading specialist in global tax optimization. Patrick ensures that your transition to the Italian tax system (including the Flat Tax regime) is handled with surgical precision.

Arpad Vasarhelyi

International Legal Counsel

Specialized in global mobility and relocation law, Arpad's firm provides the legal oversight necessary for secure, permanent residency and asset protection.

Method

How We Work

Buyer-side only

We never represent sellers. Our assessment of any property is independent and designed to protect your investment — not to close a transaction.

Architectural rigour before the offer

Every property we present has been pre-evaluated for structural condition, permit history, and transformation potential.

One team, full continuity

The same people handle sourcing, design, and construction. No handovers. No renegotiations mid-project.

Local knowledge, international standards

We know Italian municipalities and cadastral systems. We deliver to the standards our international clients expect.

Your perfect Villa in Italy exists. Let's find it together.

A 30-minute conversation is all it takes to understand whether we're the right fit.

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