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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)

Wed, 09/14/2022 - 06:49

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

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