Born in Italy.
Based in London.
Slightly obsessed with numbers.

I'm a fintech professional who packed a one-way bag and landed in London back in 2018. With a background in economics and finance, I spent my first few years in asset management before moving into financial technology, where I've been ever since.

Fast-forward to 2022: my family and I decided it was time to stop renting and actually buy a home. Sounds exciting, right? It was — until the reality set in. As an expat, I had zero clue how the UK property market actually worked. Weeks of browser tabs, contradictory articles, and confusing jargon later, we finally started piecing it all together: estate agents, mortgage brokers, solicitors, conveyancers, lenders... the whole cast.

We got there in the end. But I kept thinking: why is this so hard to navigate?

So I built Bricks & Calcs — the one-stop calculator hub I wished had existed. No fluff, no jargon, no sales pitch. Just clear, honest tools to help you keep track of the numbers that actually matter when buying a property in the UK.

Whether you're a fellow expat figuring this out from scratch, a first-time buyer trying to make sense of stamp duty, or someone weighing up whether to remortgage — you're in the right place.

Buying a home is stressful enough. Let's at least keep the maths clear.