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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

Sun, 03/21/2010 - 11:34

ÌýWhen I opened my ½ûÂþÌìÌà bank account, I put enough money in to pay about a years bills [I pay gas and electric by Direct Debits] and just top it up [with money from an ATM] whenever I'm over there Ìý This may not be the cheapest way - but its easy and I know the cash is in the account.

Sat, 03/20/2010 - 07:23

ÌýAnnec - thanks for the posting - brought back a few memories My Dad was a D Day Dodger.Ìý He never ever really spoke about his war - and I only ever remember hearing him sing the song once, when he was well lubricated after winning a hard fought criket match [a local Cup Final, I think] - the whole pub was silent as people joined in or just hummed along He was 'lucky' as he fought his way right up the spine of Italy to the North, where [I believe] he worked with the Partisans, and he was never a POW Ìý I keep meaning to get his war record, and perhaps visit some of the places he fought.

Answer to: UK gas oven ?
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 19:33

ÌýI think you need a cooker thats set up for that type of LPG gas.Ìý You can't just take over a 'mains' gas cooker and connect it to LPG supply Ìý see ÌýÌý for examples

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 14:31

Shame they decided to charge for them - they should be free

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 11:58

ÌýHave you considered just sealing the existing 'plaster' and plastering over it to give a clean surface for decoration. Ìý I appreciate you don't get exposed brick walls - but it could be cheaper, cleaner and quicker than sandblasting

Answer to: Just an Idea!!!
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 05:28

You could try setting up a new Group [called 'For Sale' perhaps] to see if there is any interest

Answer to: Sorrento Hotels
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 05:55

We stayed [a few years ago now] at the Il Nido Hotel when I travelled by train to Sorrento It is outside of Sorrento, but does a free minibus shuttle to and from Sorrento [the timetable is on the website] Ìý Views from the rooms are to die for, and the evening meals were great [quality and quantity - in fact a couple of times we went into town in the evening for a smaller meal!] Very friendly place - and it was where we were first introduced to homemade Limoncello!!!!

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 05:32

ÌýWould you be allowed to do the following Ìý 1.Ìý Apply a thinnish [say 50mm thick] screed to the roof, laidÌý to a fall of about 1 in 100 [draining to the edges] 2.Ìý Apply waterproof finish [say 2 or 3 layers of bitumen] to seal the roof 3.Ìý Lay 100mm thick [or thicker] industrial polystyrene type insulation boarding, for the insulation required 4.Ìý Cover with tiles, slabs or gravel to hold down the imnsulation.Ìý If you want to use the roof, I'd use slabsÌýor tiles - laid directly on the insulation withh no cement or fixative, butt jointed. Ìý This would work well, but relies on the concrete roof being strong enoughÌý [it should be - ask the geometra/builder]

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 06:36

This sounds like a job for aÌý geometra - use a local one - he'll get all the required permessos [there are bound to be some needed], and he might just get the council to look at their drain!

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 07:59

ÌýKnowing the love that ½ûÂþÌìÌÃs have for bureaucracy - the cons will be enormous