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What we did when we bought our holiday home in Italy was:-
1. Decide on area - we did this visiting places we thought would do, with ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends, who gave us a overview of the area
2. Using ½ûÂþÌìÌà Yellow Pages (Pagine Gialle?) We got names of estate agents in the area, and by googling them got their website and email details.
3. Booked a weeks holiday in the area and arranged, by email (in ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ- Google translate if all else fails) meetings with half a dozen agents - max 2 a day. They were all given via email our requirements - location, no of bedrooms, land etc etc, and price - so in theory they would take us to appropriate places. (Worked pretty well).
4. Found the one we liked and offered 40% below asking price . Was accepted and we've enjoyed the ace for over 15 years.

Good luck

If you copy the web address in stevemonkseatons post and put it into 'Google Translate " you might get a fair(ish) English version of the page.

These sites may helpÌý [I don't know how accurate they are]http://english.controleradar.org/ Ìýhttps://radars.securite-routiere.gouv.fr/#/https://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/french-super-speed-camera/ÌýGood luckÌýÌý

GeoffAnnn,I'm sure youve already tried this, but I Googled "Italy earthquake insurance" and it threw out some possible insurers, who say they do it.Ìý [but caveat "ubject to the area that the property is in"]Ìý

Try Googling something like Ìý "LuccaÌý expatsÌý forum"Ìý -Ìý should throw something up

If you want 'cheap' hotel - don't stay in Venice.
We stayed in Padova and went into Venice on the train. Saved a fortune.

Toll free route through France [motorwys passing by the following];-

• Calais - Dunkirk - Lille - Mons - Luxembourg [Fill up with fuel at motorway services just before leaving Luxembourg - cheapest petrol on route] - Metz - Nancy.Ìý All motorway with no tolls
• Nancy - Mulhouse [or Nancy - Colmar - Mulhouse] much dual carriage way, except when going over the 'hills'.
• Mulhouse into Germany and down autobahn towards Basel [not Mulhouse - Basel direct]
• Turn off onto autobahn to Lorrach and Rheinfelden and into Switzerland ...............Note - pick up Swiss Motorway Vignette at Bad Bellingham services on first Autiobahn
• On to Lucerne and Gotthard Tunnel.Ìý [Thus avoiding risk of traffic/customs problems in Basle]
• on to Italy, paying as necessary on ½ûÂþÌìÌà Autostradas.

Journey time from Calais to Pisa - approx 16 hoursStops to suit what time you started from UK -mprobably after 3 hrs on day 1, 8 hrs on day 2 and leavibng approx 5 hrs into PisaSuggest the Eurotunnel rather than the Ferries - will save about 2 hrs [minimum] on journey time [unless you need a decent break and a meal -motherwise the Tunnel is so much simpler]ÌýGood luck

My comune did 'revalue' my property, causing the IMU paymrnt to increase.ÌýBut if they did that to you they should have told you, or your accountant.

Thanks - that's what I thought was the case, but its good to get feedback from you

Don't know the legal rquirements, but whenever I've seen bombola used, they have always been placed outside the building [on balcony or ground level].Ìý Having them inside the building is a recipe for disasterTalk to a Geometra, he/she would know the legalities.