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TARI Tax 2024

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Just had my TARI bill for 2024.Ìý I used the PagoPA website to pay it onlineÌý

I had major problems with it not accepting my payment - it seemed to freeze after the card details were entered.

Sat, 09/07/2024 - 05:58

Travelling back from Lake Orta area in N Italy, we travelled to the Simplon Pass to reach our first overnight stop in Sion.

Imagine our delight to find that a landslide has closed the pass "for the foreseeable future"

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 02:07

Don't forget - IMU 1st payment due 16th June

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 06:18

Swiss Motorway Vignette - Online E-Purchase.

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You can now buy a e-vignette online.Ìý All electronic, so no sticker issued.Ìý It work by using your car number plate.Ìý

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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 04:17

We used to use Book Depository to get books for our ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends at Christmas.

Book Depository now closed.Ìý Does anyone know of an ½ûÂþÌìÌà (or EU) bookshop that will accept orders from the UK and deliver to an ½ûÂþÌìÌà address?

Sat, 12/02/2023 - 07:37

Train travel from UK to ItalyÌý

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Wed, 11/22/2023 - 13:42

Open Log Fires in Piemonte [and other areas]

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Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:36

DRIVING THROUGH FRANCEÌý -Ìý LOW EMISSION ZONES.

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Bought mine - less than £5 all in.Ìý Took about a week to arrive.

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Wed, 08/09/2023 - 09:25

EU Entry Permit Required From 2024

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Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:08

IMU DISCOUNT FOR UK PENSIONERS

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I am aware that some posters on this site have got the IMU discount for UK Pensioners with a holiday home in Italy, that is not rented out at all.

Mon, 06/19/2023 - 10:17

Comments posted

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 13:31

da di da di da di da tumpty tumpty toodle

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 13:27

La tah tada da

Answer to: Flowering shrubs
Thu, 03/25/2010 - 06:37

ÌýI found on line catalogueÌýÌýÌý . Ìý or this search on the old forum might helpÌý ÌýÌý Ìý Ìý

Answer to: Woodstain
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 08:14

ÌýFrom the little I know about staining floors, many [all?] wood stains don't really soak into the wood that much. If I remember correctly, you apply the stain, leave it for about 10 minutes or so, and then remove the excess with kitchen roll.Ìý If not dark enough, you stain again after a day or so SoÌý 'Impregnata'Ìý may have been working properly

Answer to: burglary
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 05:27

I'd choose a place that is not on a main/busy road,Ìýthat has neighbours nearby, preferably in sight of the house.Ìý Put bars on windows [ground floor at least]Ìýand fit a burglarÌýalarm [from UK] - and a good set of doors and locks. Ìý

Answer to: Just an Idea!!!
Tue, 03/23/2010 - 18:05

ÌýIt might be better with 2 GroupsÌý"ÌýArticles Wanted"Ìý and "Articles ForÌýSale" It would probably make it easier for the users

Answer to: Google Maps
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 06:22

But it bypasses the small village my place is in

Answer to: Housebuying
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 06:15

ÌýYou might find it well worth doing a 'search' of the old forum 'Property SalesÌýand Rental Advice Threads I think you'll find some good advice there, once you start digging into it

Answer to: Housebuying
Sun, 03/21/2010 - 17:51

ÌýMy tip would be - don't forget the extra 15% - 20% that's needed to cover fees, taxes etc Ìý [I didn't realise that the buyer also pays the estate agent a fee - caught me quite by surprise]

Sun, 03/21/2010 - 17:47

"I think its great idea,Ìý alan h but I couldn't afford to to that you must be rich !"Ìý It doesn't need that much cash - if you do the maths, you need to cover the gas and electric used whilst at the house, if you allow sayÌý£70 for each winter week and £40 for each Summer one that you spend there, it isn't a lot that you have to top up each time you visit [but do allow a 'float, and for the iniquitous ½ûÂþÌìÌà bank charges] Ìý I reckon to pay in no more than a couple of hundred every other visit - often less