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Be careful.

You may fall foul of import tariffs when transporting radiators to EU countries. Probably lots of paperwork to have done beforehand.

It's true - it was publicised before Brexit Day that we wouldn't be allowed, by the EU, to take meat or dairy products into the EU, so no meat or cheese sandwiches in the Channel Tunnel or ferries.

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I was planning (hoping) that egg sandwiches would be OK. - Anyway,Ìý I'd eat them before entering the EU - if we ever get to drive down to Italy again.

Mind you, about 5 years ago, we wereÌýstopped at the Swiss border, coming from Germany, and the Border Guard asked if we had any meat products in the car

Watched the video - even the driver was laughing at how ridiculous it was.Ìý No wonder so many voted "Leave" in the Referendum

If your power supply isn't up to hedge trimming and lawn mowing, you could always get battery powered equipment.

At my place you can only run one of the following at a time;-

• Oven
• Washing MachineÌý
• Hoover
• Electric Heaters (When we arrive in Winter, until Fire and Central Heating heats the place up)
• Hair DryerÌý Ìý and
• Iron

But, once you're used to it, it's easy to manage.

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If you have a copy of your electricity bill, you can probably see what your property's Wattage is.

On mine it has two figures

"Potenza contrattualmente impegnata" (Contracted supply amount)ÌýÌý3kW .......and

"Potenza Disponsibile"Ìý (Max wattage than be drawn (for a short period, but not for long)) 3.3Kw

So you can see what you can operate on it

Good LuckÌý

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Any electrical equipment, lighting etc etc bought in the UK will work perfectly normally in Italy.Ìý The voltage is totally compatibleÌý

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The only problem I've ever encountered is that some uk electrical things like toasters,irons , kettles etc have high wattage ratings, and can take most, if not all, of the available wattage from the house supply. It depends on how much your supply is.Ìý It may effect the possibility of using a hedge trimmer.Ìý There will be a plate on the trimmer that says what power, in Watts, the trimmer drawsÌý

As an example, aÌý3kW kettle would use all theÌý3kW supply in my ½ûÂþÌìÌà house, and when my daughter and 3 friends stayed here and all got their hair curling tongsÌýout, the trip switch blew!!!

Nothing from the Bank yet.

My ½ûÂþÌìÌà friend is trying to chase them up.
Hopefully they will transfer the account to a branch in a bigger town nearby.

(Everyone needs an ½ûÂþÌìÌà friend)

2 hrs after writing this my Comune newsletter informed me that my Bank, BNP,Ìýis closing/has closed my Branch - along with 299 others .

Don't know whether this will work, but .............

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Can you get an ½ûÂþÌìÌà neighbour to buy a cheap pay as you go mobile for you?Ìý

Until you get to Italy, they will need to forward any messages to you, orÌý they could send you the SIM card to you.

(I have an ½ûÂþÌìÌà bank account, so pay by Direct Debit - but SEN do send me me regular bills in the UK, so I know what is being paid)

Not sure what the problem with UK lighting in Italy is.Ìý

Suppose there could be a problem with earthing in really old installations, but that's the only possible problem that I can think of.

One suggestion though - I found it very difficult to find bayonet fitting light bulbs, so buy fittings with the screw fittings. (And takes LED bulbs with you as they use so much less powerÌý --Ìý my place only has a 3kW supply, soÌý having lots of non-LED bulbs on can take up a fair bit of the supply.)

I would say, however, that you will get a really good choice of lightÌý fittings in Italy

Good luckÌý

Good question, probably applies to UK residents as well.

HOPEFULLY you will get an answer.