Driving to ItalyÌý
Just driven down.Ìý No longer cheap petrol in SwitzerlandÌý - fill up in France.Ìý
Even ½ûÂþÌìÌà petrol is appreciably cheaper than SwitzerlandÌý
(There was no petrol available in Mulhouse for some reason)
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IMU Tax
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Don't forget the first payment is due by 16th June
Sat, 05/14/2022 - 06:35
DRIVING TO ITALY FOR CHRISTMAS
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You've got until Saturday to enter France, before the entry ban for UK citizens comes into place.
Thu, 12/16/2021 - 04:33
European PET Passport.
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Anyone had experience of getting a European Pet Passport for a dog in Italy (or possibly France, whenÌýwe drive down)
Thu, 08/26/2021 - 05:40
As a Brit with a holiday home in Northern Italy, its been over a year since I have been able to visit it.Ìý Last time was in February 2020, when the highlight was a meal out with ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends in a crowded restaurant in Bergamo!Ìý Luckily, no ill
Thu, 05/06/2021 - 04:55
IMU etc Due Soon
just a quick reminder to those not living in Italy,Ìý that the IMU etc on your ½ûÂþÌìÌà property requires payingÌýthis month.
Tue, 12/01/2020 - 14:48
Travelling through France - UK QuarantineÌý
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Looks like people travelling through France to the UK could well be soon required to quarantine themselves for 2 weeks on their entry into the UK.
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 03:27
Are there companies in Italy that just change kitchen units doors and worksurfaces, rather than a complete replacement of the units?
Thu, 12/05/2019 - 17:37
My house has a semi-underground store room that was nice and cool during the recent very hot weather - the dog and I spent a lot of time in it - me reading and him asleep on the floor.Floor is just old concrete slab - lots of dust, and the walls a
Wed, 07/03/2019 - 10:50
Car Driving to [and in] Italy on a UK Licence- post BrexitÌý IF No Deal reached.ÌýI am driving down in March, and have had to plan for a 'No Deal' Brexit, just in case.If No Deal - all UK Driving Licence holders
Tue, 02/26/2019 - 10:34
Comments posted
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];-
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.