As a Brit with a holiday home in Northern Italy, its been over a year since I have been able to visit it. Last time was in February 2020, when the highlight was a meal out with Italian friends in a crowded restaurant in Bergamo! Luckily, no ill
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
Car Driving to [and in] Italy on a UK Licence- post Brexit IF No Deal reached. I 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
Personally, I always use local designers and Contractors - based on recommendations from neighbours.The advantage of doing so is that they [both designer and contractor] know how the local Comune works - its 'local interpretaion' of standards etc etc.Using locals keeps your neighbours happy - no 'foreigners' working on their patch. [by foreigners, i mean anyone who lives more than a couple of kms away], money being kept local etc etc Still ......................................... each to his own.
Why ship anything over? - buy local - especially wiht the state of dollar vs euro
Car - good luck with that - probably also cheaper to buy locally than tryu tp re-register it over in Italy [It could fall to bits before the costly bureaucratic processes are completed, [if ever].= and you need to be Resident to do it
Others wiill have much more good advice to give. Good luck
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Thank you Joy Alan
Many thanks to Maurice and Carolina.Any more help/info from others would be appreciated - my friend is 'struggling' a bit. alan
Try asking the National Trust directly https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/contact-us
Look at his website http://www.rinovaprojects.com/
Have you any Italian neighbours who might do the work for cash? That's what happens where my place is.
No responses yet.It might help if you narrowed things down a bit;-
Personally, I always use local designers and Contractors - based on recommendations from neighbours.The advantage of doing so is that they [both designer and contractor] know how the local Comune works - its 'local interpretaion' of standards etc etc.Using locals keeps your neighbours happy - no 'foreigners' working on their patch. [by foreigners, i mean anyone who lives more than a couple of kms away], money being kept local etc etc Still ......................................... each to his own.
Bit more info required please.
Assuming its Trumpton that you are moving from;-
Others wiill have much more good advice to give. Good luck